The family of Mohamed Soliman, charged with attempted murder after Sunday's terror attack in Colorado has been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CNN reported, citing Department of Homeland Security sources.
Soliman has a wife and five children, CNN said, citing court filings. The family's immigration status is unclear, CNN said. It is unknown whether all of his family was taken into custody, CNN said.
Soliman is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails into a group that had gathered to bring attention to Israeli hostages in Gaza, authorities said Monday.
A total of 12 people were injured according to the report.
Soliman planned the attack for more than a year and specifically targeted what he described as a "Zionist group," authorities said in court papers charging him with a federal hate crime.
An FBI affidavit said Soliman confessed to the attack after being taken into custody Sunday and told the police he was driven by a desire "to kill all Zionist people," a reference to the movement to establish and protect a Jewish state in Israel.
"He said he had to do it, he should do it, and he would not forgive himself if he did not do it," police wrote. "Mohamed described his hopes for everyone in the Zionist group to die."
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