In an interview with Fox News Digital, George Brauchler (left), a Republican district attorney for Colorado’s 23rd Judicial District, said that the state government, which is dominated by Democrats, has been intentionally creating a lax environment regarding immigration enforcement. That emboldens illegals, such as Mohamed Sabry Soliman (right), the suspect accused of firebombing pro-Israel activists on Sunday, to act with impunity, he said. (District Attorney for 23rd Judicial District office website and Storyful/KDVR)
Soliman allegedly injured eight adults, including a victim who was 88 years old, at an outdoor mall in Boulder, according to the FBI.
The suspect was witnessed shouting "Free Palestine" during the attack and using a makeshift flamethrower to target the crowd, the FBI said. Police said the victims were hospitalized with burn wounds.
They had been participating in a Run for Their Lives protest, which, according to the Anti-Defamation League, is a weekly event attended by members of the Jewish community to support hostages held in Gaza by Hamas terrorists.
Discussing the brazen attack, Brauchler said: "When you have taken the ongoing steps that our state government has taken over the past many years to identify yourself to everyone, both citizen and noncitizen alike, that you are a sanctuary state - and it doesn't matter if they ever say those words, what matters is the policies in place - and when you had put local law enforcement on its heels, when it comes to trying to coordinate with immigration enforcement authorities, you create an environment where someone feels like visa or no visa, I can stay here and do whatever I want, whether it's to try to find a job off the books or to plan for a terrorist act against Jews up in Boulder."
Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said there was a man arrested on Sunday, Jun.1, 2025. (KDVR)
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, terror suspect, is seen with a Molotov cocktail in his right hand. Pictured at left, Boulder, Colo. emergency responders. (Storyful/KDVR)
"My worry is if we don't make a big, loud, powerful statement sooner rather than later, these things are going to start to repeat themselves, not just here, but everywhere," he said.
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"This is another horrific blemish on a state that I have known as home my entire life," he went on, adding that "because of the powers that be and the policies that have been put in place over the last 10 or 15 years, I don't recognize Colorado anymore."
"It's hard to imagine, and it's just another black eye for our state that we didn't need," he said.
Fox News Digital's Ashley Oliver and Fox News Channel's Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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