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Boulder DA Upgrades Charges to Murder After Antisemitic Firebombing Victim Dies

Her death prompted local prosecutors to upgrade attempted-murder counts to first-degree murder as they build a state case of more than 100 charges

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Overview

  • Karen Diamond, 82, succumbed June 25 to severe burns from the June 1 Molotov cocktail and flamethrower attack on a pro-Israel “Run for Their Lives” march on Pearl Street Mall Boulder County prosecutors amended the complaint to convert two attempted-murder counts into first-degree murder charges and added 66 counts for 14 newly identified victims
  • Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, now faces over 100 state charges alongside 12 federal hate-crime counts after pleading not guilty and remaining jailed on a $10 million bond
  • Investigators say Soliman planned the assault for more than a year, shouted “Free Palestine” during the attack and specifically targeted the weekly demonstration
  • Soliman’s next state court hearing is set for July 15 as the FBI and Boulder Police Department continue working with federal prosecutors in Denver