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The Department of Justice formally filed one federal hate crime charge Friday against a man suspected of injuring 15 people in a firebombing attack on the Pearl Street Mall Sunday.
"This vile anti-Semitic violence comes just weeks after the horrific murder of two young Jewish Americans in Washington D.C.,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi in a statement. “We will never tolerate this kind of hatred. We refuse to accept a world in which Jewish Americans are targeted for who they are and what they believe."
In the original federal complaint filed June 1, an agent categorized the attack as a hate crime because the suspect appeared to target the group based on their “race, religion or national origin” by “throwing Molotov cocktails into a pro-Israel crowd while yelling ‘Free Palestine’”.
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"This vile anti-Semitic violence comes just weeks after the horrific murder of two young Jewish Americans in Washington D.C.,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi in a statement. “We will never tolerate this kind of hatred. We refuse to accept a world in which Jewish Americans are targeted for who they are and what they believe."
In the original federal complaint filed June 1, an agent categorized the attack as a hate crime because the suspect appeared to target the group based on their “race, religion or national origin” by “throwing Molotov cocktails into a pro-Israel crowd while yelling ‘Free Palestine’”.
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Boulder attack suspect makes first appearance in federal court
Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces one federal hate crime charge in addition to 118 state charges.
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