The man's family member is charged Sunday's attack Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that in Boulder, Colorado, had been detained in Boulder, Colorado.
Noem made the announcement on X, calling the suspect Mohamed Soliman a "illegal foreigner" and a "terrorist." He is Facing multiple counts Attempted murder and federal hate crime charges attacked 12 people injured in a supporter of Israeli hostages in March.
"We are investigating the extent to which his family knows about this outrageous attack, if they know about this attack, or if they have supported it," Nome said. "I will continue to pray for the victims of this attack. Justice will be served."
Homeland Security officials said six people — Soriman’s wife and children — were detained and will now be processed under accelerated recall, which allows the government to illegally deport U.S. immigrants without a court hearing.
The Department of Homeland Security said Soriman was an Egyptian national who arrived in California in 2022 with a non-immigrant visa expired in 2023. Officials said he applied for asylum in 2022.
The family lives in Colorado Springs. FBI agents Search for houses Monday morning.
At a press conference Monday, FBI agent Mike Michalek, who runs the Denver Field Office, said the family has been working on the investigation. Officials said his wife brought her husband's iPhone to the Colorado Springs Police Department after Soriman was arrested.
Police and the FBI said the 45-year-old Soliman was accused of using a Molotov cocktail in Sunday's attack, burning several victims.
Witnesses told investigators Soriman shouted "Free Palestine" and "End Zionists" in the attack.
this Injured victim Includes an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor.
The attacked group, Make a livinghas been walking around the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder for more than a year each week to raise awareness of dozens of Israeli hostages in Hamas in Gaza.
Soliman is expected to appear in federal court on Friday afternoon.
On Monday, CBS News Colorado investigative reporter Brian Maass arrived at the woman who was identified as Soliman’s wife.
"We don't want to talk, thank you," she said on a brief call. "Respect my situation."
A Soliman child graduated from high school in Colorado Springs in late May and was described in the newspaper as one of the "best and smartest" district students. She has received numerous honors in high school, including academic excellence and leadership awards.
She has been admitted to college and says her dream is to go to medical school. She told reporters that her father had gone through a difficult action that restored his walking ability, so she was inspired to enter the medical field.