Guilty plea on federal charges in deadly Boulder firebomb attack

The man who already pleaded guilty to more than 100 state criminal charges, including first-degree murder, for an attack on the Pearl Street Mall in June 2025, appeared in federal court on Thursday where he changed his plea to guilty on a dozen charges. The man who already pleaded guilty to more than 100 state criminal charges, including first-degree murder, for an attack on the Pearl Street Mall in June 2025, appeared in federal court on Thursday, where he changed his plea to guilty on a dozen charges. "I'm always nervous for someone to say, 'No' until they finally say, 'Yes,' so it's just like finally to get to that element was…you know…I wrote down the time when he said, 'Guilty,'" said Ed Victor a survivor of the attack.

Mohamed Soliman admitted to the attack during last summer's peaceful demonstration in support of Israeli captives held by Hamas. According to prosecutors, Soliman threw two Molotov cocktails at the group, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others. "He admits that he acted because of the actual or perceived Israeli national origins and the actual or perceived Jewish religion of the victims," United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Peter McNeilly said during a news conference. "Anti-Semitism erodes the common ties that bind our great nation