Colorado woman wounded during attack on pro-Israel rally has died

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 5:57 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

An 82-year-old Colorado pistillate who was injured successful a Molotov cocktail onslaught connected demonstrators who were supporting Israeli hostages successful Gaza has died, prosecutors said Monday.

Karen Diamond died arsenic a effect of terrible injuries she suffered successful the June 1 onslaught successful downtown Boulder, Colo., the section territory attorney's bureau said successful a statement. Prosecutors person listed 29 victims, including 13 who were injured.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman already faced dozens of counts successful authorities tribunal connected charges including attempted first-degree murder, utilizing an incendiary device, and carnal cruelty due to the fact that a canine was wounded successful the attack. He has not been arraigned connected the archetypal charges that present see first-degree murder.

The Associated Press near a voicemail Monday for Soliman's nationalist defender successful the authorities case. The bureau mostly bars its lawyers from commenting connected their cases to the media. A preliminary proceeding to find whether there's capable grounds to determination guardant with the lawsuit is acceptable for July 15.

Separately, Soliman has been indicted connected 12 national hatred transgression counts. He entered a not blameworthy plea to those charges during a proceeding Friday successful national court.

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Leaders of the Boulder Jewish Community Center said Monday that Diamond had died connected June 25 and volition beryllium profoundly missed.

"Karen was a cherished subordinate of our community, idiosyncratic whose warmth and generosity near a lasting interaction connected each who knew her," enforcement manager Jonathan Lev and committee seat David Paul said successful an email. 

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said successful a connection Monday that helium was devastated by Diamond's death, and that it volition beryllium felt profoundly by the metropolis of Boulder, the authorities and the Jewish community.

"Karen was taken from america excessively soon, and we mourn her nonaccomplishment portion remembering her beingness and the interaction she had connected those who loved her," Polis said.

During the demonstration, Soliman posed arsenic a gardener and wore a operation vest to get adjacent to the radical earlier launching the attack, prosecutors allege. Investigators accidental Soliman told them helium intended to termination the participants astatine the play demonstration. He allegedly yelled "Free Palestine" arsenic helium threw two of much than 2 twelve Molotov cocktails helium had prepared.

Prosecutors accidental the victims were targeted due to the fact that of their perceived oregon existent nationalist origin. An onslaught motivated by someone's governmental views is not considered a hatred transgression nether national law.

Soliman told investigators helium tried to bargain a weapon but was not capable to due to the fact that helium was not a "legal citizen." Federal authorities person said the Egyptian nationalist has been surviving successful the U.S. illegally with his family.