



The police department in Boulder, Colorado, said on Monday morning that none of the victims in the previous day’s attack on a rally for Israeli hostages had perished, despite the suspect being held on a preliminary charge of murder.
“No victims have died,” the police department said in a statement.
Police said Sunday night that one of the victims was in critical condition, and two suffered burn injuries severe enough that they were airlifted to a Denver hospital for treatment.
The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, allegedly attacked the rally with a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails, wounding eight.
Soliman was booked on murder charges in a local jail shortly before midnight on Sunday. The charges are preliminary, have not been filed, and are subject to change. The reason for the discrepancy was unclear.
The police department said it would hold a press conference on the attack later Monday and that more details would be forthcoming.
Police released a mugshot of the suspect, who had a bandaged ear and bruising on his face.
Soliman was set to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. local time, the police department’s daily booking report said. He was being held in the Boulder County Jail on a $10 million bond.
Other preliminary charges against Soliman included using explosive or incendiary devices during a felony, assault with a weapon, and crimes against at-risk elderly. The victims were four men and four women between the ages of 52 and 88. One of the victims was reportedly a Holocaust survivor.
Video from the scene of the attack showed people pouring water on a woman lying on the ground.
Soliman is an Egyptian national who was residing in El Paso County, Colorado, around a two-hour drive from Boulder, police said.
He was in the country illegally, said Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin.
Soliman entered the US in August 2022 on a B2 visa, a nonimmigrant visa that allows foreign nationals to visit for purposes including tourism, family visits, and medical treatment.
Soliman filed for asylum in September 2022 and his B2 visa expired in February 2023, McLaughlin told The Times of Israel. He stayed in the country illegally.
There were no details on what happened to Soliman’s asylum request.
Soliman shouted “Free Palestine” during the attack, witnesses told law enforcement. Video from the scene showed the suspect shouting, “End Zionists.”
The rally was held by a group called Run for Their Lives. The group holds regular marches throughout the US to raise awareness for the plight of the hostages.
Witnesses told investigators that Soliman attacked the demonstrators with a “makeshift flamethrower” and threw an incendiary device, FBI Special Agent Mark Michalek said at a press conference on Sunday. Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said the suspect hurled Molotov cocktails at the demonstrators.
“It is clear that this is a targeted act of violence, and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism,” Michalek said.
The incident in Boulder took place less than two weeks after an attacker gunned down two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC. The alleged shooter shouted “Free Palestine” and “I did it for Gaza” after the killings, according to authorities.
After that attack, Jewish security officials warned that the murders could inspire copycat attacks against other Israeli or Jewish targets in the US.
The attacks come after a series of thwarted terror attempts against Jewish and Israeli targets around the US in the past year.