A 45-year-old Egyptian national has been charged with a federal hate crime after an attack left at least 12 people injured in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday.
According to charging documents, suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman used a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to attack demonstrators who were at a peaceful Jewish event supporting hostages in Gaza. He later told authorities that “he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead,” an affidavit said.
Soliman had been planning the assault for a full year, he told federal authorities. He also faces state charges of attempted murder.
Soliman appeared in state court Monday and was expected to appear in federal court on Friday. CNN has reached out to his attorney for comment.
Soliman, his wife and their five…
