Dressed in beige, with his hands bound by cuffs and a white bandage on his right hand, Mohamed Soliman pleaded not guilty to 12 federal hate crime charges in court Friday morning.

In a proceeding that lasted just four minutes after Judge Kathryn Starnella took her seat, the judge noted that both the prosecution and defense had indicated a fair chance of a Rule 11 disposition — a plea deal — in the case.

Starnella imposed a July 18 discovery deadline on the prosecution — represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Hindman. Defense attorneys, represented by federal public defenders Jennifer Beck and David Kraut, have another month after to disclose their evidence in the case.

Soliman is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a group of people in Boulder on June 1 protesting for the release of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. The attack injured 15 people and a dog, including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor.

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The Egyptian national who lived in Colorado Springs told police that the attack specifically targeted the “Zionist group supporting the killings of people on his land (Palestine),” according to his arrest affidavit.

Witnesses told police that as he threw the Molotov cocktails into the crowd, Soliman yelled, “Free Palestine.” A federal prosecutor also said that, in an interview with Soliman, he said he “wanted them all to die, had no regrets and would do it all again.”

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A single federal hate crime charge carries a possible sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. In addition to the 12 federal charges, Soliman also faces 118 state charges, including attempted first-degree murder, from the 20th Judicial District Attorney’s office in the related state case. 

As he entered the courtroom Friday morning, Soliman, with curly hair bleached white on top but still brown near the back of his neck, smiled in the direction of two men sitting in the back of the gallery who had been speaking before the session had begun. 

While Starnella went through the proceedings, the 45-year-old swung back and forth in his black swivel chair, listening as the judge’s words were translated and transmitted to a pair of black earbuds resting in his ears. 

Soliman had allegedly been planning the attack for the past year but waited until his oldest daughter graduated high school before carrying it out, the arrest affidavit said. After searching for Zionist groups online, he found what would eventually become his targets, the group named “Run for Their Lives,” according to the affidavit.

He allegedly bought materials and made the cocktails while watching a YouTube video on the morning of the attack, the affidavit said. He also allegedly covered himself in gas because he “planned to die” in the attack. 

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Soliman’s next scheduled court date is for the state case, and is scheduled for July 15.

Denver Gazette Reporters Kyla Pearce and Nicole C. Brambila contributed to this report.