DENVER, Colo. — The man accused of executing a terror attack in Boulder on Sunday appeared in front of a federal judge for the first time Friday afternoon.

Mohamed Soliman, 45, is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails into a crowd of people marching with a group Run for Their Lives, which supports the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

On top of 118 local criminal charges, Soliman is facing one federal hate crime charge.

"The defendant here has been charged with the Matthew Shepard Act, which is a federal hate crime that criminalizes certain types of conduct or actions or crimes that carry a motivation of bias," explained former Assistant U.S. Attorney Hatel Doshi, who spoke with Scripps News Denver Investigates on Monday and has since announced her candidacy for Colorado Attorne

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