21:null 40:T49c,The family’s current whereabouts and legal status remain unclear.

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security said Soliman entered the United States on a tourist visa in August 2022, applied for asylum the following month, and stayed in the country after his visa expired in February 2023.

According to police and FBI affidavits, Soliman said he received firearms training in an effort to obtain a concealed-carry permit but ultimately used Molotov cocktails because, as a noncitizen, he was unable to purchase firearms. Investigators said Soliman told them he learned to make the incendiary devices through YouTube videos.

A police affidavit supporting Soliman’s arrest warrant stated that he was born in Egypt, lived in Kuwait for 17 years, and moved to Colorado Springs—roughly 100 miles south of Boulder—about three years ago. He lived there with his wife and five children.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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