Boulder attack suspect charged with 118 criminal counts including attempted murder

The suspect in the Boulder firebombing was charged with 118 criminal counts in a Colorado courtroom Thursday as an attorney for his wife called for the family's release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention

The suspect in the Boulder firebombing was charged with 118 criminal counts in a Colorado courtroom Thursday as an attorney for his wife called for the family's release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, an Egyptian national who entered the country legally in 2022, was charged with 28 counts of attempted murder in connection with 14 of the victims, Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty told reporters after a hearing Thursday afternoon.

One of the attempted murder charges alleges extreme indifference, he said. The other alleges deliberation.

Soliman was also charged with first-degree assault, including against an at-risk victim older than 70, use of an incendiary device and animal cruelty for a dog that was injured in the attack, Dougherty said.

Soliman could face more than 600 years in prison on the attempted murder charges alone, he said.