Colorado charges terror suspect with 16 counts of attempted first degree murder

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The state of Colorado on Monday formally charged Boulder terror suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman with 16 counts of attempted first-degree murder.

Soliman was charged with eight counts of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation, eight counts of attempted first-degree murder with extreme indifference, first-degree assault and possession of an incendiary device, officials said in a news conference.

Murder charges do not require that a person dies in the state of Colorado, per NBC News. 

Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian foreign national, was arrested after allegedly yelling "Free Palestine" and using a makeshift flamethrower on Sunday to attack participants in an outdoor vigil in Boulder, Colo., for Israeli hostages in Gaza.

A total of 12 people were injured in the incident, authorities also said Monday, up from the eight that were previously reported. The same eight were the only ones hospitalized. The four newly disclosed injuries were minor.

The Justice Department has also charged Soliman with a hate crime involving actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin.