Boulder Suspect Faces Multiple Charges After Failed Gun Purchase

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national living illegally in the U.S., carried out a terror attack on a pro-Israel peace demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, injuring 12 people with molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower. Soliman had originally planned a mass shooting and took a concealed firearm class but was prevented from buying a gun due to his expired visa and immigration status. Authorities described the attack as a targeted hate crime motivated by Soliman's desire to kill "Zionist people," with no regrets expressed by the suspect. Soliman faces numerous charges including attempted murder, use of incendiary devices, and federal hate crimes, with potential sentences totaling over 600 years in prison. Officials continue to investigate possible accomplices, while stressing the severity of the attack and the suspect's premeditation over more than a year. The incident has drawn attention to the intersection of immigration enforcement and gun control laws in preventing violent attacks.