Suspect in Colorado flamethrower attack told police he targeted ‘Zionist group’

Mohamed Sabry Soliman (Boulder Police Dept. via AP)

A man accused of using a makeshift flamethrower and an incendiary device to attack a US group bringing attention to Israeli hostages in Gaza has been charged with a federal hate crime.

Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 45, told police he had planned it for a year and targeted what he described as the “Zionist group”, the FBI said.