Overview

• Following the death of 82-year-old Holocaust survivor Karen Diamond on June 25, prosecutors amended two state counts of attempted murder against Mohamed Sabry Soliman to first-degree murder.
• Soliman remains indicted on 12 federal hate-crime charges and faces more than 100 state counts for the June 1 firebombing of a pro-Israel demonstration.
• Authorities say he used Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower, injured at least 13 people, and admitted planning the attack for over a year while shouting “Free Palestine.”
• Investigators have identified 29 victims of the attack, including 13 with physical injuries and one dog harmed by the incendiary devices.
• His family was briefly detained by ICE before a judge blocked their deportation, reviving debates over immigration enforcement in hate-crime cases.