Mohamed Soliman is in custody and has been charged with several counts of attempted murder, first-degree assault, and attempted use of an incendiary device.
The suspect in the Colorado petrol bomb attack has been charged with 16 counts of attempted murder.
Mohamed Soliman is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails and using a makeshift flamethrower on a group of people at a rally in support of Israeli hostages – with the FBI describing the incident as a targeted “act of terrorism”.
The 45-year-old, from El Paso County, Colorado, shouted “Free Palestine” during the attack, it is alleged.
A total of 12 victims were injured and taken to hospitals, authorities said. One of those was at one point said to be in a critical condition.
A federal criminal complaint (court filing) said Soliman confessed to the attack, told investigators that he had planned it for a year, said he “wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead”, and that “he would do it again”.
