Suspect in Boulder antisemitic terror attack charged with 118 counts including attempted murder

Mohamed Sabry Soliman was booked into Boulder County Jail late Sunday night on suspicion of eight felonies including murder and assault and is being held on a million bond according to jail records Photo courtesy of Boulder Police Department Boulder County s district attorney on Thursday formally charged the suspect in the Pearl Street Mall terror attack with more than counts related to the antisemitic firebombing that injured people and a dog Mohamed Sabry Soliman a -year-old Egyptian immigrant who officers say was living in the U S illegally after overstaying a tourist visa faces charges including attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault He also faces a federal hate crime count in connection with the attack Soliman who is being held on million bail is accused of shouting Free Palestine and using a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to burn people gathered on the popular pedestrian mall for a weekly demonstration urging the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza Federal immigration officials on Tuesday detained Soliman s wife and five children and attempted to place them in expedited removal proceedings A federal judge in Denver issued an order Wednesday temporarily halting their deportation All sufferers are expected to survive Boulder personnel have declared Their ages range from to and include eight women and seven men Three people remained in the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital s burn unit on Thursday a spokesperson announced Related Articles Federal judge blocks deportation of Boulder attack suspect s family Acts of antisemitism like the Boulder attack are normalized by the silence of too a great number of leaders Opinion Boulder JCC to hold Wednesday evening vigil for Pearl Street attack casualties All casualties of Boulder Pearl Street attack expected to survive Boulder police chief says Feds detain wife children of suspect in Boulder fire attack for deportation The attack has rattled Colorado s Jewish group prompting increased prevention at synagogues locality centers and other gatherings Soliman planned the attack for over a year and initially sought to carry out a mass shooting against the group law enforcement representatives mentioned He switched to Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower after he could not buy a gun because of his immigration status This is a advancing story that will be updated Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day