Habiba Soliman penned a glowing essay about how her life was transformed when she moved to the US from Kuwait with her family two years ago – but then her father allegedly launched a deadly anti-Semitic terror attack
Just weeks before her father was accused of a brutal terror attack at a peaceful Colorado rally, Mohamed Soliman’s daughter had penned heartfelt words about how the United States had “fundamentally changed” her as she chased her dream to become a medic in the nation her father reportedly grew to despise, according to the New York Post.
Habiba Soliman, an exceptional student fresh out of high school, relocated from Kuwait to America with her kin two years prior and swiftly carved out an impressive existence close to Colorado Springs, as per a glowing piece in the Denver Gazette.
The bright young woman, born in Egypt and brought up mainly in Kuwait, was honoured with the Denver Gazette’s “Best and Brightest” scholarship for stellar seniors. Her tale, once a beacon of hope and ambition, has now taken a grim twist as she and her relatives are thrust into the heart of a national security horror story.
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“Coming to the USA has fundamentally changed me,” Habiba reflected in her scholarship submission. “I learned to adapt to new things even if it was hard. I learned to work under pressure and improve rapidly in a very short amount of time.Above all, I realised that family is the constant pillar of support.”
Medical ambition
Her aspiration to study medicine stateside was ignited by an intimate family experience – observing a surgical procedure that enabled her father to walk once more, reports the Express.
Mohamed Soliman, once an unassuming figure, is now charged with a heinous hate-driven attack that plunged a peaceful march in Boulder into chaos and flames, leaving 12 injured and one person critically wounded.
Following the incident, Soliman’s wife, Habiba’s mother, along with her four siblings, were detained by ICE, their visas revoked, and they now face swift deportation proceedings, according to law enforcement sources speaking to The Post.
Soliman, 45, had been residing in the US unlawfully after his visa expired in March. Investigators suspect he spent a year planning the assault, choosing to act only after his daughter finished high school.
Gun restriction
Barred from purchasing firearms due to his immigration status, Soliman is accused of resorting to Molotov cocktails and ignited petrol, siphoned through a hose, in a premeditated act of terror.
Horrifying footage captured Soliman hurling antisemitic abuse as terrified individuals scrambled to escape, some desperately trying to extinguish flames engulfing them.
The White House and FBI have denounced the event as “an antisemitic terror attack,” with Soliman facing federal hate crime and attempted murder charges.
Wanted to ‘kill Zionists’
Court filings reveal Soliman’s harrowing admission to police about his motives for the attack.
He reportedly told officers he aimed to “kill all Zionist people,” expressed a desire for their death, and admitted he would repeat his actions if possible.
It’s reported that he anticipated his own demise in the attack, leaving farewell letters for his family stashed away in their flat.
This chilling case is still unravelling as federal investigators delve into what seems to be a premeditated act of violence driven by ideology – all while the accused man’s daughter had just recently celebrated a future moulded by the very country her father stands accused of attacking.