An Egyptian man pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes and other charges for a deadly firebombing attack on people who were holding a rally last year in Boulder, Colorado, in support of hostages taken in the Hamas-led, Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel.

Mohamed Soliman is currently serving life in prison after pleading guilty to state charges last spring, and Thursday's guilty plea means he will face an additional life sentence, the Associated Press reported. 

As demonstrators marched in support of hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Soliman lit and threw two Molotov cocktails at those marching and yelled "Free Palestine." 

According to federal prosecutors, Soliman attacked the demonstrators in June 2025 because they were Jewish. Karen Diamond, 82, who was badly burned in the attack, died three weeks later after suffering what her family said was "indescribable pain." 

On Thursday, Soliman pleaded guilty to nine federal counts of hate crimes, including one resulting in Diamond’s death and eight for attempting to kill other demonstrators. Three additional counts were federal weapons charges.