Terror suspect’s family taken into ICE custody following Boulder attack
Authorities with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took the family members of the Boulder, Colorado, terror suspect and Egyptian national, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, into custody, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X. Authorities say Soliman had overstayed his work visa and was residing in the U.S. unlawfully.
“Now, Mohamed’s despicable actions will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Noem said in the video announcement. “But we’re also investigating to what extent his family knew about this horrific attack, if they had any knowledge of it or if they provided support to it.”
Soliman, 45, is accused of wounding 12 people after he fired a makeshift flamethrower and threw Molotov cocktails into a pro-Israel crowd in Boulder on Sunday, June 1. Soliman disguised himself as a gardener when he approached the crowd, shouting, “Free Palestine.”
Family taken into custody
Federal immigration authorities have now taken Soliman’s wife and five children into custody.
Straight Arrow News requested information from the Justice Department regarding any potential charges the family might face. The DOJ responded by providing Soliman’s criminal complaint.
Meanwhile, an official White House account posted to social media, saying, “JUST IN: The wife and five children of illegal alien Mohamed Soliman—the suspect in the antisemitic firebombing of Jewish Americans—have been captured and are now in ICE custody for expedited removal. THEY COULD BE DEPORTED AS EARLY AS TONIGHT.”
Soliman’s family is undergoing expedited removal proceedings, a process that allows for deportation without a formal court hearing.
Hate crime charges filed
Soliman is charged with a hate crime that carries a 10-year prison sentence, a fine of up to $250,000, or both. However, he’s also facing more than 15 other charges, including attempted first-degree murder, that, if convicted, would see him spend the rest of his life in prison.
He is being held in the Boulder County Jail on a $10 million cash bond and is scheduled to appear in court Friday, June 6.
Ella Rae Greene, Editor In Chief
