The man suspected of carrying out an “act of terrorism” during a Pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, leaving eight people in the hospital, is illegally in the United States, according to the Department of National Security.
The suspect, Mohamed Soliman, 45, entered the United States in August 2022 with a B2 Visa and requested asylum in September 2022, according to Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of Public Affairs in the Department of National Security.
The bomb squads established a staging area after an incident that involves multiple injuries that the FBI is investigating as an act of terror on June 1, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado.
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His B2 visa, which is generally a tourism visa, expired in February 2023, McLaughlin said.
Soliman received a work permit after his B2 Visa expired, a senior official told ABC News. That work permit expired on March 28, so it has been in the country illegally since then, said the official.
They supposedly used an “makeshift flamethrower” and threw a incendiary device to a multitude of pro-Israel protesters in a pedestrian shopping center on Sunday afternoon, according to the FBI. He supposedly shouted “Free Palestine” during the attack, said the FBI.
The law agents stop a suspect, after an attack that wounded several people, in Boulder, Colorado, June 1, 2025.
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The demonstration was a career for his life, whose objective is to raise awareness about the remaining hostages of Hamas in Gaza and ask for his immediate release.
Eight victims were hospitalized with burns, including a person in a critical condition, police said. The ages of the victims range between 52 and 88, the police said.
Police officers talk to a passerby in the scene of an attack on the protesters who ask for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025.
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An FBI team is investigating an attack on the protesters who ask for the launch of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, at the scene in Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025.
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Soliman was arrested and is arrested with a bail of $ 10,000,000, according to the Boulder County prison, which listed a variety of charges for serious crimes against him, including the use of a incendiary device. The published list of charges for serious crimes also seemed to include first degree murder, although it was not clear immediately if the position was attempted for murder. According to the police, there have been no deaths.
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