WASHINGTON — President Trump blamed what he called “Biden’s ridiculous Open Border Policy” for Sunday’s brutal terror attack in Boulder, Colo., insisting suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman “must go out under ‘TRUMP’ Policy.”
“Yesterday’s horrific attack in Boulder, Colorado, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED in the United States of America. He came in through Biden’s ridiculous Open Border Policy, which has hurt our Country so badly. He must go out under ‘TRUMP’ Policy,” the president wrote on Truth Social in his first remarks about Sunday’s attack, which left eight people injured.
Soliman, 45, arrived in the US from Egypt in August 2022 on a tourist visa that permitted him to stay in the country until February 2023. He then filed for work authorization that granted him legal status until March 28 of this year meaning he was in the country illegally for two months.
According to a federal complaint, Soliman threw two homemade Molotov cocktails at members of an organization called Run For Their Lives — many of them elderly — who were holding a group walk to call attention to the plight of hostages held by Hamas following the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack.
Investigators say Soliman yelled “Free Palestine!” as he threw the homemade incendiary devices — 14 more of which were found in a black plastic container near the site of the attack.
During an interview with federal authorities, the complaint states, Soliman said he “wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead.”
The suspect added that he had researched how to make Molotov cocktails on YouTube and had been planning Sunday’s attack for a year, but had waited until after his daughter had graduated to put the plan in motion.
Soliman, who authorities say lived in Colorado Springs with a wife and five children, also posted a video to X during the attack, in which he can be seen shirtless and pacing back and forth while holding the homemade Molotov cocktails.
During the video, the feds say, Soliman can be heard saying, “how many children killed” and “end Zionist.”
Four men and four women between the ages of 52 and 88 were injured in Sunday’s attack.
Soliman was arrested and was charged Monday with committing a federal hate crime. He also faces state and local charges.
“Acts of Terrorism will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law,” Trump added.
“This is yet another example of why we must keep our Borders SECURE, and deport Illegal, Anti-American Radicals from our Homeland. My heart goes out to the victims of this terrible tragedy, and the Great People of Boulder, Colorado!”
Trump’s border policy has been focused on deporting illegal criminals, but his top immigration policy maker Stephen Miller has indicated he wants to ramp up the number of arrests.
In response to the Boulder attack, Miller wrote on X Sunday night that “Suicidal migration must be fully reversed.”
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