In 2025, the perpetrator of a Molotov cocktail attack on Jewish protesters in Colorado, United States, was sentenced to life in prison, as reported by local media. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 46-year-old Egyptian, pleaded guilty to causing one death and injuring 13 people on June 1, 2025, in Boulder, by throwing Molotov cocktails at protesters calling for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. He also sprayed gasoline on the protesters.
An 82-year-old woman, Karen Diamond, died from her injuries. “Our mother suffered indescribable pain for over three weeks before succumbing to her injuries,” said her sons, Andrew and Ethan Diamond, in a statement read by local prosecutor Michael Dougherty, cited by the Denver Post.
District Court Judge Nancy Salomone specified that the accused would be imprisoned without the possibility of parole. She added over 2,000 years of prison time to the sentence, the maximum possible for all charges against him.
Attacks following October 7: “You chose to target victims who were peacefully gathered,” she told him. “You chose them because they were members of the Jewish community.” The man is also facing federal charges for hate crimes, which could lead to the death penalty.
Investigators stated that the accused showed no remorse during his interrogations. “He said he wanted them all to die. He had no regret and stated he would do it again if given the chance,” a Colorado state prosecutor told the press.
Numerous attacks on Jews occurred in the United States and elsewhere following the events of October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants killed over 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians.
Trump’s travel ban: The Boulder attack occurred less than two weeks after the death of two Israeli embassy employees in the United States, killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington by a 31-year-old suspect who shouted a pro-Palestinian slogan upon arrest.
The events in Colorado were cited by President Donald Trump as an example to justify his decision to ban nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States in order to “protect” the country from “foreign terrorists.”
The wife of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, from whom he is now divorced, and his five children were placed in detention until last April, before federal authorities ordered their release.
According to the ex-wife’s lawyer, the authorities tried to arrest her and her children again for deportation, only to be blocked by the judges again.
