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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice has filed charges against illegal immigrant Mohamed Sabry Soliman, in addition to other local and federal charges, following Sunday afternoon’s terrorist attack at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall.
This is according to a press release from the department.
“The Department of Justice has swiftly charged the illegal alien perpetrator of this heinous attack with a federal hate crime and will hold him accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” said U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Our prayers are with the victims and our Jewish community across the world.”
The Boulder Police Department reported Monday that no fatalities have yet been recorded.
“No victims have died,” the department said in a statement.
That comes as the FBI Denver agents continue to investigate what it has labeled “a targeted act of terrorism.”
The attack started at 1:26 p.m. when multiple people were set on fire during a pro-Israel event organized by “Run for Their Lives,” an organization that advocates for the return of Israeli hostages from Gaza.
“Witnesses reported that the suspect used a makeshift flame thrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd,” the FBI stated. “The suspect was also heard to yell ‘Free Palestine’ during the attack.”
Soliman, 45, was arrested at the scene. Soliman is an Egyptian national who was in the U.S. illegally after overstaying his visa, according to authorities.
Following the attack, the Denver FBI office reported there were eight victims: four women and four men ages 52 to 88. A Run for Their Lives organizer told NewsNation in an interview Monday that four victims have already been released from the hospital.
Soliman is booked in the Boulder County Jail on multiple felony charges. His bond is set at $10 million.
According to the Boulder Police Department, more information will be released throughout the day. It also plans to hold a news conference at 4:30 EST Monday afternoon to announce all the charges.
Elyse Apel is a reporter for The Center Square covering Colorado and Michigan. A graduate of Hillsdale College, Elyse’s writing has been published in a wide variety of national publications from the Washington Examiner to The American Spectator and The Daily Wire.
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