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- Jewish woman, 82, dies from injuries suffered in Boulder terror attack</p>
<p>Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY June 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM</p>
<p>A Colorado woman has died from injuries suffered in the fiery antisemetic terror attack in Boulder.</p>
<p>Karen Diamond, 82, died June 25 and was privately buried with her family in attendance, according to authorities and members of her synagogue, Boulder's Bonai Shalom. Authorities say Diamond was among a group of protesters raising awareness for Israeli hostages held in Gaza.</p>
<p>Prosecutors announced after her death that they were adding state-level first-degree murder charges against the suspect. The crime has shaken the city's Jewish community amid a string of antisemitic attacks nationally.</p>
<p>"There are no words to express the pain of this horrific loss of our beloved member and friend," Rabbi Marc Soloway wrote in announcing Diamond's death, which was made public June 30. "We will need to support each other as we process this loss."</p>
<p>In a statement, Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty called Diamond's death "horrific."</p>
<p>"Part of what makes Colorado special is that people come together in response to a tragedy; I know that the community will continue to unite in supporting the Diamond family and all the victims of this attack," he said.</p>
<p>In addition to the new charges of first-degree-murder, prosecutors announced June 30 that they have added 66 state-level counts against Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, who also faces federal hate crime charges. Soliman, a father of five who was an Uber driver, remains jailed. Federal officials said Soliman was living in the United States after overstaying his visa.</p>
<p>Police said Soliman, who is Muslim, confessed to targeting the "Run for their Lives" walk on Boulder's Pearl Street pedestrian mall over what he felt was participants' support for Israel's military actions in Gaza. The weekly walk, which drew Jewish supporters, was focused on the return of hostages taken by Hamas after its militants raided Israel in October 2023.</p>
<p>Police said he yelled "Free Palestine" during the attack.</p>
<p>People walk past the Boulder County Courthouse at dusk, the scene of an attack that injured multiple people in Boulder, Colorado, on June 2, 2025.</p>
<p>Soliman now faces state charges for 29 victims in the attack, 13 of whom suffered physical injuries, along with animal cruelty charges in connection with a dog that was hurt. Federal prosecutors did not immediately announce whether they would be adding further charges.</p>
<p>Police said Soliman planned his attack for more than a year and arrived in Boulder after driving from his home in Colorado Springs, stopping along the way to buy gasoline, glass bottles, a weed sprayer and flowers to provide a disguise.</p>
<p>Soloway, who leads the Bonai Shalom congregation, asked the public to respect the Diamond family's privacy "under these awful and distressing circumstances. … This event and the tragic loss of someone who has given so much of herself over the years to the Bonai community and beyond, has impacted us all and we are sad and horrified."</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jewish woman dies from injuries suffered in Boulder terror attack</p>
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