(Courthouse News) A man facing federal hate crime and explosives charges pleaded not guilty on Friday to orchestrating an attack on Colorado residents who gathered in Boulder to raise awareness of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was arrested on June 1 after he attacked 15 people and a dog with homemade explosives in a park across from the Boulder County Justice Center, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors say Soliman yelled “free Palestine” as he burned attendees at a “Run for Their Lives” event regularly held to raise awareness of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas.
Once taken into custody, state court documents report that Soliman told investigators he had been planning to attack the “Zionist group” for a year, hoping to bring “vengeance for his people,” and that he learned how to make the explosives on YouTube.
