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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
New video shows Boulder attacker accidentally lighting himself on fire
Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
A new video shows the man who attacked a US rally for the Gaza hostages in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday accidentally lighting himself on fire during the incident.
The suspect, Mohamed Soliman, threw two Molotov cocktails into the crowd. Investigators have said he wore a backpack weed sprayer filled with gasoline that he intended to use as a makeshift flamethrower.
Video shared by witness Alex Osante shows Soliman running towards pedestrians with a lit firebomb and hurling the device forward.
As he throws the firebomb, the flames spread to his clothes, and he briefly goes up in flames. He then removes his orange vest, his shirt and the weed sprayer.
The video confirms the accounts of eyewitnesses who have said Soliman was shirtless in videos of the attack because he had stripped off his shirt when it caught fire.
The wife and children of Boulder, Colorado, terrorism suspect Mohamed Soliman are in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the family is being processed for expedited removal, according to the Department of Homeland Security. @trevorlault reports. pic.twitter.com/EwmFmBvNOQ
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Soliman disguised himself as a gardener, wearing the orange vest and weed sprayer and carrying flowers, to approach his victims with the weapons without raising suspicion.
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