The Colorado Sun reported Mohamed Sabry Soliman pleaded guilty Thursday in Denver to 12 federal charges in the Pearl Street Mall firebombing.

Thursday's guilty plea is the admission in federal court. Jan. 7, 2027, is the sentencing date. Life plus 50 years is the term the Colorado Sun, ABC News and Denver7 say both sides are asking the judge to impose. The Justice Department's release states maximum penalties. It does not state that joint request. Twelve hate crimes charges, which the department and Denver7 describe, and nine hate crime charges plus three explosives charges, which ABC News describes, are not the same breakdown.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, that Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 46, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pleaded guilty in federal court to 12 hate crimes charges for using Molotov cocktails to attack members of the group Run for Their Lives and others. The Colorado Sun, in a story by Olivia Prentzel and Colleen Slevin published at 10:57 a.m. MDT and updated at 2:08 p.m. MDT, reported he pleaded guilty to 12 federal charges Thursday morning in Denver. Denver7, in a story by Shannah Bober and Óscar Contreras datelined Colorado Springs, reported Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 46, pleaded guilty to 12 federal charges, including a hate crime resulting in death. Mohammed and Mohamed are not the same spelling. ABC News, in a story by Jeffrey Cook and Meredith Deliso published at 2:58 p.m., reported Mohamed Soliman, 47, pleaded guilty Thursday to nine federal hate crime charges, including a hate crime resulting in death, and three federal explosives charges. Forty-six and forty-seven are not the same age. Twelve hate crimes charges and nine hate crime charges plus three explosives charges are not the same count list. ABC News attributed that nine-and-three split to "Colorado U.S. District Attorney Peter McNeilly." The Justice Department's release calls him the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado. Those titles are not the same.

The Justice Department said that, as part of the plea agreement, Soliman admitted that on June 1, 2025, he lit and threw two Molotov cocktails into a gathering of the Boulder chapter of Run for Their Lives, a group that organized walks to raise awareness for hostages still held after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel. It said he targeted the group because of the victims' actual or perceived Israeli national origin and Jewish religion, that the attack killed one person, and that it caused permanent and life-threatening injuries to several others. Denver7 reported the same admission about national origin and religion, the same two devices, and the same description of one death and permanent and life-threatening injuries to several others. The Colorado Sun reported he killed one person and injured a dozen others, and later in the same story reported he injured more than a dozen people. A dozen and more than a dozen are not the same number. ABC News reported the June 2025 attack in downtown Boulder killed one person and injured several others. Several, a dozen, and more than a dozen are not the same account of the injuries. The Colorado Sun and ABC News named the person who died as Karen Diamond, 82, and reported she died three weeks later of her injuries. The Colorado Sun reported she was burned in the attack. The Justice Department's release says the attack killed one person and does not print the three weeks. Denver7's story and the lead of the AP story did not print her name.

The Colorado Sun reported U.S. Assistant Attorney Melissa Hindman said both the government and defense lawyers are asking for Mohamed Sabry Soliman to be sentenced to life plus 50 years, and that sentencing was set for Jan. 7. ABC News reported the same statement from Hindman and reported the sentencing date as Jan. 7, 2027. Denver7 reported that, as part of the federal plea agreement, the government and defense are both asking for a life sentence plus 50 years, and that sentencing is set for January 7, 2027. AP, in a story by Thomas Peipert and Mead Gruver updated at 3:25 p.m. EDT, reported federal prosecutors said at the change-of-plea hearing that they would seek a life term plus 50 years in prison for the dozen counts. AP's lead says the prosecutors would seek that term. It does not say the defense joined the request. The Justice Department's release does not print a joint request. It says that for nine of the hate crimes charges he faces a maximum of life in prison, five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000, and that for the three other hate crimes charges he faces a maximum of 50 years in prison to run consecutive to any other prison term, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Denver7 printed those same maximums and called the three counts the three other hate crimes charges. ABC News called those three counts federal explosives charges. A statutory maximum and a term both sides are asking a judge to impose are not the same figure. The department said a sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2027, and that a federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. The department named Assistant U.S. Attorneys Melissa Basche and Daniel Pastor, and Trial Attorneys Sarah Howard and Khalil Quinan, as prosecuting the case. Melissa Hindman, the name the Colorado Sun and ABC News used for the prosecutor who described the joint request, and Melissa Basche, the name on the department's release, are not the same name.

AP reported Mohamed Soliman is already serving life in prison plus hundreds of years of additional time after pleading guilty to state charges last spring. The Colorado Sun reported that in May he was sentenced to life in prison plus over 2,000 more years immediately after pleading guilty to first-degree murder and dozens of other state charges. ABC News reported he is already serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to more than 100 state charges, and later reported a May sentence of life in prison plus over 2,000 more years after a plea to first-degree murder and dozens of other state charges. Denver7 reported that in May he pleaded guilty to more than 100 state charges, including first-degree murder and 26 accounts of attempted murder, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus more than 2,100 additional years. Hundreds of years, over 2,000 more years, and more than 2,100 additional years are not the same term. Last spring, which AP printed, and May, which the Colorado Sun, ABC News and Denver7 printed, are not the same word. Accounts is Denver7's word. The Colorado Sun and ABC News say dozens of other state charges and do not print 26. AP reported prosecutors previously said they would not seek the death penalty. The Colorado Sun reported the plea appeared to take the death penalty off the table, and that U.S. Attorney Peter McNeilly said Attorney General Todd Blanche decided to pursue a life sentence rather than the death penalty. ABC News reported McNeilly said there were death penalty-eligible charges the government did not pursue, and that the decision is up to the attorney general. ABC News did not print Blanche's name. The Colorado Sun reported Soliman also agreed to drop his motions trying to stop his family from being deported, and that he had been trying to keep his ex-wife and children in the country to help in his defense. The ex-wife is not named here. The children are not named here. Thursday's plea is the federal admission. Jan. 7, 2027, is the sentencing date. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.