2025 Boulder fire attack

2025 Boulder fire attack
2025 Boulder fire attack
Part of violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war
	Police and first responders near the crime scene
	220m; 240yds 🌍
Location	Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Coordinates	40°1′7″N 105°16′41″W / 40.01861°N 105.27806°W
Date	June 1, 2025 ; c.1:26 p.m. (MDT)
Target	Walk participants
Attack type	Firebombing
Weapons	Makeshift flamethrower, Molotov cocktails
Injured	16 (including the suspect)
Accused	Mohamed Soliman
Charges	Attempted first-degree murder – extreme indifference (8 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-102); Attempted first-degree murder – after deliberation (8 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-102); First-degree assault - at-risk victim (6 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-202); First-degree assault (2 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-202); Possession of an incendiary device (2 counts under C.R.S. § 18-12-109); Attempted possession of an incendiary device (16 counts under C.R.S. § 18-12-109); Hate crime act - actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin (1 count under 18 U.S.C. § 249);

On June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado, United States, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian man living in Colorado, allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to attack a group participating in a solidarity walk for the hostages taken from Israel during the October 7 attacks. The attack left at least seven people injured, including the suspect. Soliman yelled several political expressions during the attack, and later stated in a police interview that he targeted the group because he believed they were Zionists. Soliman was charged with a federal hate crime and 118 state criminal charges.

2025 Boulder fire attack
Part of violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war
Police and first responders near the crime scene
220m 240yds 🌍
Location	Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Coordinates	40°1′7″N 105°16′41″W / 40.01861°N 105.27806°W / 40.01861; -105.27806
Date	June 1, 2025 c.1:26 p.m. (MDT)
Target	Walk participants
Attack type	Firebombing
Weapons	Makeshift flamethrower, Molotov cocktails
Injured	16 (including the suspect)
Accused	Mohamed Soliman
Charges	Attempted first-degree murder – extreme indifference (8 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-102) Attempted first-degree murder – after deliberation (8 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-102) First-degree assault - at-risk victim (6 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-202) First-degree assault (2 counts under C.R.S. § 18-3-202) Possession of an incendiary device (2 counts under C.R.S. § 18-12-109) Attempted possession of an incendiary device (16 counts under C.R.S. § 18-12-109) Hate crime act - actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin (1 count under 18 U.S.C. § 249)