Boulder fatal firebomb attack: suspect pleads guilty to murder

Mohamed Sabry Soliman pleaded guilty in Boulder County District Court to murder and related charges for a June firebomb attack on a pro-Israel demonstration that killed an 82-year-old woman and injured about a dozen others. He faces up to life in prison without parole in the state case. He has pleaded not guilty to federal hate-crime charges, with prosecutors weighing the death penalty in the federal matter. Investigators say he planned the attack for a year, yelled 'Free Palestine!' and threw Molotov cocktails at roughly 20 demonstrators, targeting people linked to Israel; the defense contends the motive was opposition to Zionism, which may not qualify as a federal hate crime.