Suspect charged with hate crime in attack at pro-Israeli rally in Colorado [Video]

A Colorado man has been charged with a federal hate crime for his alleged role in a gasoline-bomb attack at a pro-Israeli rally that injured eight people in Boulder, Colo., state and federal law enforcement officials said Monday.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman was already facing an array of state charges, including attempted murder, after the attack on Sunday on a group seeking to draw attention to hostages seized in the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023.

“No one should ever be subjected to violence of any kind, but our laws recognize that such violence is particularly pernicious when someone is targeted because of their race, their religion or their national origin,” J. Bishop Grewell, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Colorado, said at a news conference on Monday.

“My office and our partners hope justice will help heal the people in this community and in the communities throughout the …