Man Pleads Guilty to Murder, Other Charges for Firebombing Pro-Israel Rally in Colorado
Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman appears in a video feed from the Boulder County Jail during a brief court appearance in Boulder, Colorado, US, June 2, 2025, in a still image from video. Photo: Colorado Judicial Branch/Handout via REUTERS
The man accused of lobbing gasoline bombs at a pro-Israel rally last year in Boulder, Colorado, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen, pleaded guilty on Thursday to all charges he faced in state court.
The fire–bombing suspect, Mohamed Soliman, 46, an Egyptian national, entered his plea to dozens of felony counts, including first-degree murder under two definitions of the offense, each carrying a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Soliman, speaking through an Arabic interpreter as he answered “guilty” to each charge recited by the Boulder County District Court judge, was expected to be formally sentenced following a brief recess.
Soliman had been charged with a total of 184 counts stemming from the June 1, 2025, attack, including multiple charges of murder, attempted murder, assault, and criminal use of explosives and incendiary devices.
According to both prosecution and defense accounts in court records, Soliman tossed two Molotov cocktails at a group of people taking part in a peaceful rally in downtown Boulder organized to draw attention to the plight of Israeli hostages seized by Hamas terrorists and taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023.
Prosecutors said Soliman also used a makeshift blowtorch fashioned from a commercial weed sprayer during his attack, in which he yelled “Free Palestine” as the gasoline bombs he lobbed at the crowd burst into flames.
Authorities identified a total of 29 victims, including some who were burned or injured while fleeing or who were close enough to be considered targets of attempted murder. One victim, 82-year-old Karen Diamond, died of her injuries later that month.