Man to plead guilty in Colorado firebomb attack on pro-Israel demonstrators

A man accused of a firebomb attack that killed one person and injured a dozen others during a demonstration last year in Boulder, Colorado , in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza was scheduled to plead guilty Thursday to murder and other charges. Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the attack in downtown Boulder last 1 June. Soliman’s attorneys revealed he would plead guilty in a recent court filing in a related federal case. He was set to appear Thursday before a state district judge, Nancy Salomone, to do so. Soliman has pleaded not guilty in federal court to hate crime charges and prosecutors have been weighing whether to seek the death penalty in the federal case, according to his attorneys. Soliman initially pleaded not guilty in state court to murder and dozens of attempted murder and assault charges for throwing two Molotov cocktails at demonstrators at a pedestrian mall in downtown Boulder , a city of 100,000 people north-west of Denver that’s home to the University of Colorado. An 82-year-old woman who was injured in the attack later died. A dozen others also were injured. Soliman is an Egyptian national who federal authorities say was living in the US without documentation. Investigators allege he planned the attack for a year and was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people”. Tara Winer, Boulder’s mayor pro tem, said the attack was horrific and victims included close friends. …