Man who firebombed a demonstration in Colorado, killing 1, is sentenced to life in prison

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole after pleading guilty Thursday to killing one
person and injuring a dozen others in a 2025 firebombing attack on a
demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages in
Gaza. 

Mohamed Sabry Soliman looked down at a desk throughout the sentencing.
He has meanwhile pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges for
the attack last June. Prosecutors are weighing whether to seek the death
penalty in the federal case, according to his attorneys. 

Authorities say Soliman threw two Molotov cocktails at demonstrators at
a pedestrian mall in downtown Boulder, a city of 100,000 people
northwest of Denver that’s home to the University of Colorado. 

Karen Diamond, 82, was injured in the attack and later died. A dozen
others were also injured. 

Soliman is an Egyptian national who federal authorities say was living
in the U.S. illegally. Investigators allege he planned the attack for a
year and was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people.” 

Speaking to the court through an interpreter for nearly a half hour,
Soliman offered apologies to the victims and condolences for Diamond’s
death. “There are no words that can express my sadness for her passing,”
Soliman said. 

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