Boulder firebombing: Soliman to change plea Oct. 29 on 12 federal hate crime counts

By Nick Smith | The Denver Gazette

The Colorado Springs-area man who hurled homemade Molotov cocktails at a crowd of demonstrators showing support for Israeli hostages in Boulder last year is set to change his plea next week after arriving at a deal.

According to court documents filed Friday, Mohammed Soliman will change his plea Thursday, Oct. 29. The filings do not share details of the agreement, but Soliman faces hate crime charges, something that he opposed when entering a not guilty plea.

Soliman is already serving a life sentence on state charges for killing one person and injuring more than a dozen people in the June 2025 firebombing attack at the Pearl Street Mall.

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