{"id":27939,"date":"2025-06-30T19:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27939\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:51:12","slug":"a-woman-has-died-after-being-hurt-in-a-firebomb-attack-during-a-demonstration-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27939\/","title":{"rendered":"A woman has died after being hurt in a firebomb attack during a demonstration in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER (AP) \u2014 An 82-year-old Colorado woman who was injured in a Molotov cocktail attack on demonstrators in support of Israeli hostages<\/a> in Gaza has died, prosecutors said Monday.<\/p>\n

Karen Diamond died as a result of severe injuries she suffered in the June 1 attack in downtown Boulder, Colorado, the local district attorney\u2019s office said in a statement. Prosecutors have listed 29 victims, including 13 who were physically injured.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Sabry Soliman already faced dozens of counts in state court on charges including attempted first-degree murder, using an incendiary device, and animal cruelty because a dog was hurt in the attack. He has not been arraigned on the initial charges that now include first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press left a voicemail Monday for Soliman\u2019s public defender in the state case. The office generally bars its lawyers from commenting on their cases to the media. A preliminary hearing to determine whether there\u2019s enough evidence to move forward with the case is set for July 15.<\/p>\n

Separately, Soliman has been indicted on 12 federal hate crime counts<\/a>. He entered a not guilty plea<\/a> to those charges during a hearing Friday in federal court.<\/p>\n

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Leaders of the Boulder Jewish Community Center announced in an email Monday that Diamond died June 25 and said she will be deeply missed <\/p>\n

\u201cKaren was a cherished member of our community, someone whose warmth and generosity left a lasting impact on all who knew her,\u201d executive director Jonathan Lev and board chair David Paul said.<\/p>\n

Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement Monday that he was devastated by Diamond\u2019s death, and that it will be felt deeply by the city of Boulder, the state and the Jewish community.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaren was taken from us too soon, and we mourn her loss while remembering her life and the impact she had on those who loved her,\u201d Polis said.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Diamond\u2019s family has asked for privacy as they grieve.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of what makes Colorado special is that people come together in response to a tragedy; I know that the community will continue to unite in supporting the Diamond family and all the victims of this attack,\u201d District Attorney Michael Dougherty said in the statement.<\/p>\n

During the demonstration, Soliman posed as a gardener and wore a construction vest to get close to the group before launching the attack,<\/a> prosecutors allege.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Soliman told them he intended to kill the participants at the weekly demonstration. He yelled \u201cFree Palestine\u201d as he threw just two of more than two dozen Molotov cocktails he had prepared.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say the victims were targeted because of their perceived or actual national origin. An attack motivated by someone\u2019s political views is not considered a hate crime under federal law.<\/p>\n

Soliman told investigators he tried to buy a gun but was not able to because he was not a \u201clegal citizen.\u201d Federal authorities have said the Egyptian national has been living in the U.S. illegally<\/a> with his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER (AP) \u2014 An 82-year-old Colorado woman who was injured in a Molotov cocktail attack on demonstrators in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[97,15225,24144,3881,396,4437,13672,4439,4219,24147,57,4221,4228,15320,24145,24146,24143,1571,50,61,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-27939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"category-us","9":"tag-2024-2025-mideast-wars","10":"tag-animal-attacks","11":"tag-animal-cruelty","12":"tag-ap-top-news","13":"tag-bombings","14":"tag-boulder","15":"tag-co-state-wire","16":"tag-colorado","17":"tag-crime","18":"tag-david-paul","19":"tag-general-news","20":"tag-homicide","21":"tag-indictments","22":"tag-jared-polis","23":"tag-karen-diamond","24":"tag-michael-dougherty","25":"tag-mohamed-sabry-soliman","26":"tag-national","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-u-s-news","29":"tag-united-states","30":"tag-unitedstates","31":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114774060837849605","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}