Overview

• Karen Diamond died on June 25 from injuries she suffered in the June 1 Molotov cocktail attack, raising the total number of victims to 29.
• Prosecutors amended the state indictment to include two counts of first-degree murder alongside more than 100 other state charges and 12 federal hate crime counts.
• Soliman pleaded not guilty to his federal hate crime charges on June 27 and is set to face a preliminary hearing in state court on July 15.
• His family’s deportation proceedings remain paused after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order earlier this month.
• The case has intensified calls for stronger hate crime enforcement and heightened security at Jewish community events against the backdrop of rising antisemitism linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict.