President Trump placed the blame for Sunday’s violent assault in Boulder, Colorado, on what he described as “Biden’s ridiculous Open Border Policy,” declaring that the suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, should be deported immediately under his administration’s approach to immigration enforcement.
“Yesterday’s horrific attack in Boulder, Colorado, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED in the United States of America. He came in through Biden’s ridiculous Open Border Policy, which has hurt our Country so badly. He must go out under ‘TRUMP’ Policy,” Trump stated on Truth Social in his first comments regarding the incident, which left eight people wounded.
Records revealed that Soliman, age 45, entered the United States from Egypt in August 2022 on a tourist visa valid through February 2023. He subsequently applied for work authorization, which extended his lawful presence until March 28, 2024. As a result, he had been residing in the U.S. without legal status for the past two months.
As outlined in a federal criminal complaint, Soliman allegedly hurled two improvised firebombs at a group affiliated with Run For Their Lives — a movement primarily consisting of elderly participants advocating for the release of hostages held by Hamas following the October 7, 2023, massacre.
Authorities reported that Soliman shouted “Free Palestine!” as he launched the explosive devices. After the attack, law enforcement officers discovered an additional 14 Molotov cocktails stored inside a black plastic bin at the scene.
The complaint also indicated that during questioning by federal agents, Soliman expressed a desire to “kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead.”
He confessed to watching online tutorials to learn how to build the weapons and said that he had been preparing for the attack for a full year, delaying execution of the plan until his daughter had graduated.
Investigators said Soliman, a resident of Colorado Springs who lived with his wife and five children, recorded and uploaded a video to X while carrying out the assault. The footage shows him shirtless, pacing, and gripping the incendiary devices.
According to the complaint, he can be heard in the video saying, “how many children killed” and “end Zionist.”
The eight victims — four women and four men ranging in age from 52 to 88 — were injured during the attack.
Soliman was apprehended and charged on Monday with a federal hate crime. State prosecutors also filed charges, including attempted first-degree murder.
“Acts of Terrorism will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law,” Trump declared in a follow-up post.
“This is yet another example of why we must keep our Borders SECURE, and deport Illegal, Anti-American Radicals from our Homeland. My heart goes out to the victims of this terrible tragedy, and the Great People of Boulder, Colorado!”
Trump’s immigration stance has emphasized the removal of undocumented criminals, but Stephen Miller, a key architect of Trump’s border policies, has recently called for a broader crackdown on illegal entry and overstayed visas.
Reacting to the Boulder attack, Miller wrote on X, “Suicidal migration must be fully reversed.”
{Matzav.com}