UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY

Victim of Colorado Firebombing Attack Dies of Her Injuries

The 82-year-old was hit by a Molotov cocktail at a protest in Boulder, Colorado.

One of the victims of an anti-Semitic attack on a protest in Colorado died of her injuries last week, according to the Boulder County District Attorney’s office. 82-year-old Karen Diamond was fatally injured by Mohamed Soliman, who admitted to authorities that he sought “to kill all Zionist people.” Soliman threw two Molotov cocktails, a type of hand-thrown explosive that typically consists of a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids. The attack injured at least 13 other individuals, with Diamond being the first casualty of the tragic event outside of the Boulder County Courthouse. The protest Diamond took part in, the Run for Their Lives walk, advocated for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. In the wake of her death, prosecutors at the Boulder County DA’s office have modified two of the attempted first-degree murder charges against Soliman to first-degree murder charges. Soliman faces 65 other charges in state court, in addition to 12 federal hate crime charges. In a statement posted online, the Boulder Jewish Community Center wrote that Diamond was a “cherished member of our community, someone whose warmth and generosity left a lasting impact.”