Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Soliman posed as gardener, planned to kill all ‘Zionists’; police

The police revealed he had second thoughts and only hurled two out of the 18 incendiary devices he had into the group of nearly 20 people, shouting “Free Palestine” and accidentally burning himself. Soliman, who is in police custody, used "makeshift flamethrower". He had gas in a backpack sprayer but informed investigators he didn’t use it on anyone but himself “because he had planned on dying".

The police stated in an affidavit, “He said he had to do it, he should do it, and he would not forgive himself if he did not do it." He didn’t implement his full plan “because he got scared and had never hurt anyone before.”

According to court documents charging him with a federal hate crime, the suspect had planned the attack for over a year and deliberately targeted what he referred to as a “Zionist group.” Some court filings also listed his first name as Mohammed.