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Illegal immigrant gets life in prison for antisemitic Colorado firebombing attack — but he still could face death penalty

New York Post·Associated Press·25 days ago
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An Egyptian illegal immigrant who killed an elderly woman and injured a dozen other people in an antisemitic firebombing in Colorado last June was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty Thursday — but he could still face the death penalty. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 46, who admitted to state charges for the fiery ambush, has pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges stemming from the attack against a demonstration in support of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.  Federal prosecutors say they could still seek the death penalty in their case against him. Soliman, who was in the country illegally on an expired tourist visa, lobbed two Molotov cocktails at the group, who had gathered at a popular pedestrian mall in downtown Boulder, and later told investigators he was motivated by a desire “to kill all Zionist people.” Prosecutors are weighing whether to seek the death penalty in the federal case.…

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