Karen Diamond, 82, dies of wounds sustained in Colorado attack on march for hostages

An 82-year-old Colorado woman who was injured in a Molotov cocktail attack on demonstrators in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza has died, US prosecutors said Monday.

Karen Diamond died as a result of severe injuries she suffered in the June 1 attack in downtown Boulder, Colorado, the local district attorney’s office said in a statement. Prosecutors have listed 29 victims, including 13 who were physically injured.

The alleged assailant, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, already faced dozens of counts in state court on charges including attempted first-degree murder, using an incendiary device...

Investigators say Soliman told them he intended to kill the participants at the weekly demonstration. He yelled “Free Palestine,” as he threw just two of more than two dozen Molotov cocktails he had prepared.

Prosecutors say the victims were targeted because of their perceived or actual national origin. An attack motivated by someone’s political views is not considered a hate crime under federal law.

Soliman told investigators he tried to buy a gun, but was not able to because he was not a “legal citizen.” Federal authorities have said the Egyptian national has been living in the US illegally with his family.

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