Trump aide says Colorado fire bomb attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman an ‘illegal alien’ | World News
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said that the suspect who attacked a crowd with inflammable devices at a pedestrian mall in downtown Boulder during a demonstration in support of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza “illegally overstayed” a tour visa.
He said that the suspect, identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, was granted a visa the Biden adminration, following which he illegally overstayed the visa and was given a work permit.
“He was granted a tour visa the Biden Adminration, and then he illegally overstayed that visa,” Miller wrote in a post on his official X handle.
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“In response, the Biden Adminration gave him a work permit,” he added.
A terror attack was committed in Boulder, Colorado an illegal alien. He was granted a tour visa the Biden Adminration and then he illegally overstayed that visa. In response, the Biden Adminration gave him a work permit.
Suicidal migration must be fully reversed.
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) June 2, 2025
The FBI is investigating the incident as an “act of terror”.
FBI Special Agent Mark Michalek said that six elderly people suffered serious burn injuries after Soliman allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at the ones taking part in the rally for Israeli hostages held captive Hamas in Gaza.
The victims, who are aged between 67 to 88, are being treated in hospitals, with one being in critical condition.
“It is clear that this is a targeted act of violence and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism,” Michalek said.Story continues below this ad
Who is Mohamed Sabry Soliman?
Forty-five-year-old Soliman is an Egyptian national who first arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport on August 27, 2022, on a non-immigrant visa.
Under this visa, he was authorised to stay in the United States till February 26, 2023, but he “overstayed” and never left, according to Fox News.
He reportedly also filed for asylum in 2023 and was given a work permit the Biden adminration, which expired on March 28, 2025.Story continues below this ad
Soliman allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower during the attack at the Pearl Street Mall and yelled “Free Palestine”.
The FBI said that the suspect was also injured in the attack and taken to the hospital with “minor injuries”.
The attack comes barely a week after a man fatally shot two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington after he yelled “Free Palestine”.
