2025 Boulder fire attack

2025 Boulder fire attack
2025 Boulder fire attack
	220m; 240yds 🌍
Location	40°01′07″N 105°16′41″W / 40.0186°N 105.2781°W; Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Date	June 1, 2025 ; c.1:26 p.m. (MDT)
Target	Walk participants
Attack type	Firebombing
Weapons	Makeshift flamethrower ; Molotov cocktails
Deaths	1
Injured	13 (including the suspect)
Motive	Under investigation
Accused	Mohamed Soliman
Charges	Attempted first-degree murder – extreme indifference (8 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-102); Attempted first-degree murder – after deliberation (8 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-102); First-degree assault - at-risk victim (6 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-202); First-degree assault (2 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-202); Possession of an incendiary device (2 counts under C.R.S. § 18-12-109); Attempted possession of an incendiary device (16 counts under C.R.S. § 18-12-109); Hate crime act - actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin (1 count under 18 U.S.C. § 249);

On June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado, United States, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian man living in Colorado, allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to attack a group participating in a solidarity walk for the hostages taken from Israel during the October 7 attacks. The attack left at least seven people injured, including the suspect. An 82-year-old woman died 24 days later from injuries suffered during the attack. Soliman yelled several political expressions during the attack, and later stated in a police interview that he targeted the group because he believed they were Zionists. Soliman was charged with a dozen charges of federal hate crime and 118 state criminal charges.