Boulder community mourns loss of Karen Diamond, after fatal antisemitic attack

Authorities Karen Diamond, a 82 -year -old member of Boulder’s Jewish community Colorado, died of injuries during a brutal antisemitic attack at the beginning of this month. Diamond was hospitalized after a fire bomb was targeted at the Boulder’s Pearl Street Shopping Center on June 1, and he was taken to hospital with violent burns and traumas, where he and others protested raising awareness for the Israeli hostages held in Gaza in peace.

According to the prosecutors, the attacker, 46 -year -old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, shouted two Molotov cocktails into the crowd while shouting pro -Palestinian slogans, including “Free Palestine”. The court documents revealed that Soliman brought 16 more provocative devices to the scene and hidden himself as a gardener to approach the hikers. The attack left 13 people who were physically injured, required at least eight hospitals, and a total of 29 victims were detected by the authorities.

Diamond was defeated by wounding on June 25 weeks later in intensive care. His death led prosecutors to raise accusations against Soliman to the first -degree murder in addition to the accusations of the current murder and federal hate crime. Although Colorado abolished the death penalty in 2020, federal prosecutors can still maintain capital charges due to a hate crime element.
Diamond, his family and the Boulder community Bonai Shahalom members were left to rest with mourning. Rabbi Marc Soloway described the pain as “terrible ,, while the General Manager of the Boulder Jewish Community Center, Jonathan Lev said,“ A cute member of our community, which has a permanent impact on everyone who knows her warmth and generosity. ” The anti -defamation league and the Jewish federations of North America expressed deep sorrow, reflecting a wider and disturbing increase in anti -Semitic intensity in the United States.

Regional lawyer Michael Dougherty promised to fight for justice for justice for diamonds and all victims, “This terrible attack claimed the life of an innocent person who was loved by his family and friends. Our hearts with the diamond family in these incredibly difficult times.