Victim Count In Boulder Firebombing Attack Climbs To 15, Plus A Dog
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No new details were released Wednesday about the three victims who remain hospitalized.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The number of victims in a Boulder firebombing attack on a group demonstrating for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza has climbed from 12 to 15, plus a dog, authorities said Wednesday.
Boulder County officials who provided the update said in a news release that the victims include eight women and seven men ranging in age from 25 to 88. The Associated Press on Wednesday sent an email to prosecutors seeking more details on the newly identified victims and the dog.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, had planned to kill all of the roughly 20 participants in Sunday’s demonstration at the popular Pearl Street pedestrian mall, but he threw just two of his 18 Molotov cocktails while yelling “Free Palestine,” police said. Soliman, an Egyptian man who federal authorities say has been living in the U.S. illegally, didn’t carry out his full plan “because he got scared and had never hurt anyone before,” police wrote in an affidavit.
His wife and five children were taken into custody Tuesday by U.S. immigration officials, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Wednesday that they are being processed for removal proceedings. It’s rare that family members of a person accused of a crime are detained and threatened with deportation.
Soliman’s wife, 18-year-old daughter, two minor sons and two minor daughters all are Egyptian citizens, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
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