Colorado firebomber pleads guilty to federal hate crimes over hostage rally attack
A 46-year-old man serving life in state prison has pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges after a fatal 2025 attack on demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado.
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A man serving a life sentence in state prison has pleaded guilty in federal court to federal hate crime charges, UPI and BBC News reported. Mohamed Sabry Soliman changed his plea after previously pleading not guilty to federal charges stemming from a fatal firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado. [1][2][3]
The attack occurred on June 1, 2025, during a Run for Their Lives demonstration in Boulder, according to UPI. Participants gathered weekly to walk or run in solidarity with Israelis held hostage by Hamas. Soliman attacked the crowd with a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails, UPI and BBC News reported. [1][2]
The firebombing injured at least 12 people and killed one person, UPI and BBC News reported. BBC News noted that Soliman pleaded guilty in May to 101 state charges, including first-degree murder, which resulted in his current sentence of life in prison. [1][2]
UPI reported that Soliman is 46 years old and was already serving his life sentence in state prison at the time of his federal guilty plea. [1]
In short
- Mohamed Sabry Soliman pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges following a 2025 attack in Boulder, Colorado.
- The June 1, 2025, firebombing targeted a demonstration supporting Israeli hostages, killing one person and injuring 12.
- Soliman attacked the group using Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower.
- Soliman is already serving a life sentence in state prison after pleading guilty to 101 state charges in May.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Man convicted of Colorado firebombing pleads guilty to hate crimesUPI, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes charges over fatal Colorado firebombingBBC News, 14h ago
- [3]Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes charges over fatal Colorado Molotov cocktail attackBBC, 14h ago
- [4]Man who threw bombs at Colorado rally for hostages pleads guilty to hate crimeThe Times of Israel, 15h ago
- [5]Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstratorsAP News, 9h ago
- [6]Man pleads guilty to federal charges in deadly Colorado firebombingUSA Today, 14h ago
- [7]Man accused of Colorado demonstration attack to change plea to federal hate crime chargesWashington Times, 18h ago
Background
- [8]Timeline of terrorist attacks in the United States on Wikipedia
- [9]Colorado on Grokipedia
- [10]New Hampshire man pleads guilty to killing his father in 2003 FTMQ News, 4d ago
- [11]Cork man pleads guilty following drunken disturbance on Ryanair flight FTMQ News, 9d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 11 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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