The hate-fueled Colorado firebomber disguised himself as a landscaper and used a garden hose filled with gasoline to spray flames at his victims, sources told The Post on Monday, with the suspect telling cops he plotted the antisemitic attack for more than a year.
Mohamed Sabry Solimin, 45, was hit with federal hate-crime charges after the horrific terror attack against the group of peaceful participants at a weekly walk in Boulder on Sunday afternoon to support the Israelis still held hostage by Hamas.
The married father of five meticulously plotted his onslaught — and admitted to cops he wanted to kill Jews, the feds said in a criminal complaint filed in US District Court in Colorado.
Soliman, who was in the US illegally after overstaying his visa by more than two years, dressed up as a grounds worker and held a lighter in front of a garden hose filled with 87 octane gasoline, shouting “free Palestine!” as he attempted to set them on fire, the complaint states.
He then lobbed a pair of Molotov cocktails, the source said, with cops finding 14 more in a plastic container near where he was arrested.
Documents recovered from his 2015 silver Toyota Prius included the words “Israel,” “Palestine” and “USAID.”
Soliman told investigators he researched how to make Molotov cocktails on YouTube, using Ball jars and gasoline to fashion them and then red rags as fuses.
He said he obtained the gas on the nearly 90-minute drive from his home in Colorado Springs to Boulder. He allegedly stalked the group online to learn exactly when and where they were walking.
During his interview with law enforcement, Soliman spewed hateful rhetoric against Jews, stating that he wanted to “kill all Zionist people” and that he “wished they were all dead,” the document revealed.
He also said he would launch the attack again if given the opportunity, and that he had specifically targeted the pro-Israel group, called Run For Their Lives, which holds weekly walks as a way to call attention to Israeli hostages who remain in Hamas’ clutches.
He said he found out about the group’s existence through its Facebook page and had been lying in wait to attack because he “hated” the group and needed to stop them from taking over “our land,” which he explained meant Palestine.
The eight victims in the attack were four men and four women ranging in age from 52 to 88.
Video taken as the attack unfolded showed a bare-chested Soliman brandishing the incendiary devices.
He ended up removing his shirt when it caught fire as he wielded his homemade flamethrower.
The victims were all transported to local hospitals, with one in critical condition. Soliman was also injured and brought to a hospital for treatment after he was taken into custody.
He allegedly told authorities that he held off on committing the onslaught until his daughter had graduated from high school.
A mugshot later released by the Boulder Police Department shows the deranged man wearing a large bandage over his right ear and appearing to have scorch marks on his face.
The White House called the sickening act of violence “an antisemitic terror attack,” and the FBI said it’s treating the attack as a “targeted act of terrorism.”
Boulder’s woke Police Chief Stephen Redfearn — who promised to emphasize “equitable” policing when he became chief last year — stopped short of calling the incident terrorism Sunday, urging, “Now is not the time to be divisive” in a press conference.
Soliman first entered the US through Los Angeles International Airport on a B2 visa on Aug. 27, 2022, sources told The Post and Fox News.
Such visas are given to people who are supposed to be temporarily visiting the country for such things as tourism and to visit family and friends. Soliman’s visitor’s visa expired in February 2023, sources told The Post.
Meanwhile, he applied for asylum in September 2022, sources said. He also applied for a work visa.
His asylum request was still pending at the time of the attack. His work visa had been granted but expired this past March.
