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Man charged in Colorado firebomb attack on demonstrators to plead guilty to murder

The Independent·Mead Gruver·6 months ago
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A man accused of a firebomb attack that killed one person and injured a dozen others during a demonstration last year in Boulder , Colorado , in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza was scheduled to plead guilty Thursday to murder and other charges.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the attack in downtown Boulder last June 1.

Soliman’s attorneys revealed he would plead guilty in a recent court filing in a related federal case. He was set to appear Thursday before state District Judge Nancy Salomone to do so.

Soliman has pleaded not guilty in federal court to hate crime charges and prosecutors have been weighing whether to seek the death penalty in the federal case, according to his attorneys.

Soliman initially pleaded not guilty in state court to murder and dozens of attempted murder and assault charges for throwing two Molotov cocktails at demonstrators at a pedestrian mall in downtown Boulder, a city of 100,000 people northwest of Denver that’s home…

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