Soliman pleads guilty to federal charges in Boulder firebombing

Mohamed Soliman pleaded guilty to nine federal hate-crime counts and three explosives-related charges over the 2025 firebombing of a Jewish demonstration in Boulder, Colorado. The plea includes one count resulting in Karen Diamond’s death and eight counts involving attempts to kill other demonstrators. Federal prosecutors said Soliman admitted targeting the demonstrators because of their Jewish religion and Israeli national origin. The charges stem from an attack in June 2025, when he threw two lit Molotov cocktails at participants in a Run for Their Lives gathering supporting hostages taken in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Diamond, 82, was badly burned and died three weeks later. A dozen other people were injured. Prosecutors said Soliman intended to kill as many people as possible. The attack took place as the group held a demonstration in downtown Boulder. Soliman had already pleaded guilty to state charges and is serving a life sentence, with hundreds of additional years also reported. His federal plea adds a separate set of charges; prosecutors are seeking a federal sentence of life plus 50 years. Sentencing is scheduled for January 7, 2027. U.S....