Boulder attack suspect says he planned violence for a year

Instead, helium threw retired lone 2 of the 18 incendiary devices he'd brought, accidentally burning himself arsenic helium shouted "Free Palestine," authorities said. According to a constabulary affidavit, Soliman didn’t transportation retired his afloat program “because helium got frightened and had ne'er wounded anyone before.”

Soliman told investigators helium planned the attack for much than a twelvemonth portion surviving successful the United States connected a visa that expired much than 2 years ago.

Boulder onslaught suspect's visa timeline

Soliman came to the U.S. connected a tourer visa successful August 2022, according to a root from the Department of Homeland Security. One period later, helium applied for asylum.

Soliman, his woman and their 5 children person been surviving successful Colorado Springs, Colorado, since.

He has lived successful the state connected an expired visa since February 2023, though helium was granted a enactment licence successful March 2023. That enactment licence expired successful March 2025.

According to a spokesperson for Uber, his erstwhile employer, Soliman passed the company's eligibility requirements, which included a transgression inheritance check.

In 2023, astir 314,000 radical overstayed tourer oregon different impermanent visas, of which astir 2,400 were Egyptian, per DHS data.

White House reacts to Boulder 'terrorist attack'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a informing to terrorists and violent sympathizers successful the U.S. connected a visa: "Under the Trump medication we volition find you, revoke your visa, and deport you."

But tracking overstays connected this visa is challenging. Following the attack, DHS revamped its Immigration and Customs Enforcement extremity line and asked for the public's assistance identifying those overstaying their welcome.

“Yesterday’s violent onslaught by a fishy illegally successful our state underscores the value of getting these amerciable aliens retired of our country,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Secretary Noem is revamping ICE’s amerciable alien extremity enactment to give much resources and unit to assistance region these transgression amerciable aliens from our country.”

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt has placed the blasted connected the erstwhile administration.

"We cognize that this individual, this terrorist, was allowed into this state by the erstwhile administration, was foolishly fixed a tourism visa, and past was illegally allowed to stay. These individuals are going to beryllium deported," Leavitt said connected Monday.

It is unclear what volition hap to Soliman's woman and 5 children, who are inactive successful the U.S.