The Department of Justice today announced that it has officially filed federal hate crime charges against Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, an Egyptian national living in El Paso County, Colorado, in the country illegally, and the prime suspect in the attempted murder of several people of Jewish faith on June 1, 2025.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the following statement: “The Department of Justice has swiftly charged the illegal alien perpetrator of this heinous attack with a federal hate crime and will hold him accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Our prayers are with the victims and our Jewish community across the world.
The federal charge is in addition to state charges of Murder in the 1st Degree-Extreme Indifference, Murder in the 1st Degree – Deliberation with Intent, Explosives of incendiary device use during felony, Criminal Contempt to Commit Class One Felony, Criminal Contempt to Commit Class Two Felony, Crimes Against at Risk Adult/Elderly over 70, 1st Degree Assault, and 1st Degree Assault – Heat of Passion. Bond is set at $10,000,000 and Soliman’s court date is set for June 5, 2025.
Soliman is the primary suspect in what the FBI is investigating as an “act of terror.”
🚨SIX JEWS SET ON FIRE IN COLORADO TERRORIST ATTACK
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Mohamad Soliman, 45, and an Egyptian National immigrant who arrived in US on 8/27/22 and overstayed his visa, is in custody for setting up to six people on fire today in Boulder, Colorado, at a peaceful march for Jewish… pic.twitter.com/dSpdcnX37X
Colorado Governor Jared Polis shared with NBC News 9 in Colorado last night that his officed informed law enforcement to provide additional protections for Jewish places of worship during the two-day Jewish holiday of Shavout. Colorado Governor Polis condemned the incident on Sunday as “a heinous act of terror.”
On June 1 at 1:26 p.m., Boulder Police were called to the outdoor Pearl Street Mall for a report of an attack on a group of individuals. The individuals, of Jewish faith, were walking in a regularly scheduled, weekly peaceful event, according to the FBI, when Soliman allegedly used a makeshift flame thrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd.

Soliman was also heard to yelling “Free Palestine” during the attack, according to the FBI.
Originally reported as six victims on Sunday, law enforcement officials have now identified a total of eight victims: Four women and four men ages 52 to 88 who were taken to Denver metro hospitals.
The Boulder Police Department notified the FBI and requested their assistance within minutes of the attack. The FBI is investigating the attack as a targeted act of terrorism and is working with the Boulder Police Department to process the crime scene, interview witnesses, and gather evidence.
Sunday’s attack comes less than two weeks after two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky (30) and Sarah Lynn Milgrim (26) were killed at the Capital Jewish Museum on May 21, 2025.

Author: Mario Lotmore