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John Bacon

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  • 1 day ago | usatoday.com | John Bacon

    • Mohamed Soliman faces a "return of filing" hearing in a Boulder County courtroom where charges will be formally filed in the June 1 assault. • Soliman came to the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2022 and stayed after the visa expired, requesting asylum, Homeland Security officials said. By the time Mohamed Sabry Soliman appears before a Colorado judge June 5 to hear the raft of charges he could face, his wife and children may have been ushered out of the country.

  • 2 days ago | usatoday.com | John Bacon

    • Soliman is accused of attacking a weekly pro-Israeli "Run for Their Lives" demonstration on Sunday. • Twelve people ages 52 to 88, suffered burns ranging from serious to minor, police said. The man accused of the fiery assault on pro-Jewish protesters in Boulder, Colorado, did not complete his attack plan “because he got scared and had never hurt anyone before,” police wrote in an affidavit.

  • 3 days ago | heraldmailmedia.com | John Bacon |Trevor Hughes |Sady Swanson

    John Bacon Trevor Hughes Sady SwansonUSA TODAYBOULDER, Colo. − A pedestrian mall was quiet and some police barricades were being removed Monday, but many in the community remained on edge after a "targeted" terror attack by a man with a makeshift flamethrower and firebombs set eight people aflame and fueled chaos on the streets. The attack Sunday afternoon came as a group of demonstrators called for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.

  • 4 days ago | desertsun.com | John Bacon |Trevor Hughes |Sady Swanson |Michael Loria

    John Bacon Trevor Hughes Sady Swanson Michael LoriaUSA TODAYBOULDER, Colo. − The man accused of setting eight people aflame at a pro-Israel protest here has been charged with a federal hate crime after telling investigators he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished all of them were dead, according to an FBI affidavit released Monday.

  • 4 days ago | usatoday.com | John Bacon

    Authorities in Colorado on Monday were investigating what the FBI described as a "targeted terror attack" in Boulder after a man with a makeshift flamethrower shouted "Free Palestine" and set eight people aflame. The attack prompted chaos at a pedestrian mall where protesters were calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. The suspect, identified by authorities as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was taken into custody, authorities said.

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