CO Attack Suspect Charged With Federal Hate Crime

The Associated Press reports:

A man accused of using a makeshift flamethrower and an incendiary device to attack a group in Boulder, Colorado, that had gathered to bring attention to Israeli hostages in Gaza, has been charged with a federal hate crime, according to court documents filed Monday.

The suspect, Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 45, told police he planned it for a year and specifically targeted what he described as the “Zionist group,” the FBI said. Eight people were injured in the attack, some with burns, as a group was concluding their weekly demonstration to raise visibility for the hostages who remain in Gaza.

Witnesses reported the man yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack. An FBI affidavit says Soliman confessed to the attack after being taken into custody Sunday and told the police he would do it again.

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