DENVER • A packed federal courtroom of victims and media heard the one word that marks the beginning of the end to the Boulder firebomb case, an antisemitic attack that killed one person and injured several others.
“Guilty,” Mohamed Soliman said when asked Thursday how he pleaded to his nine charges related to hate crimes and three counts related to possessing and using an incendiary device. The revelation followed a change in plea that was filed in court last week.
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Soliman, 47, is already serving a life sentence on state charges for killing one person and injuring more than a dozen people in the June 2025 firebombing attack on Boulder’s downtown Pearl Street Mall. Prosecutors asked Senior Judge John Kane to issue another life sentence for the federal crimes.
The hate crime conviction and a life sentence at the Federal Bureau of Prisons with no ability to appeal are what victims wanted, U.S.…
