Colorado prosecutors are set to lay out their evidence Tuesday against a man accused of killing one person and injuring a dozen more in a firebomb attack in Boulder last month.
DENVER — Colorado prosecutors are set to lay out their evidence Tuesday against a man accused of killing one person and injuring a dozen more in a firebomb attack on demonstrators showing their support for Israeli hostages in Gaza.Investigators say Mohamed Sabry Soliman told them he intended to kill the roughly 20 participants at the weekly event on Boulder’s Pearl Street pedestrian mall on June 1.
Federal prosecutors allege the victims were targeted because of their perceived or actual connection to Israel. But Soliman's federal defense lawyers say he should not have been charged with hate crimes because the evidence shows he was motivated by opposition to Zionism, the political movement to establish and sustain a Jewish state in Israel.An attack motivated by someone’s political views is not considered a hate crime under federal law.
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