Purported Videos of Boulder Attacker Surface as Propaganda on Pro-Terror Telegram Channel

Videos allegedly recorded by the suspect shortly before the deadly June 1, 2025, firebombing assault that targeted the Jewish community — injuring 13 people, including one victim who later died of her injuries — in Boulder, Colorado, began circulating as antisemitic pro-terror propaganda on Telegram just one day after his attack.

While ADL has not independently verified their authenticity, it is unsurprising that videos of suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman affirming his motivations for the alleged attack are being used as propaganda and to celebrate his actions. Given the prevalence of manipulated media and deepfakes, these videos should be viewed with caution.

The videos were shared in the antisemitic, Arabic-language and pro-terror Telegram channel, Taufan al-Ummah. The name of the channel translates to “Flood of the Ummah,” a reference to the Al-Aqsa Flood, Hamas’s name for its October 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel.

The channel, which has 30,000 followers, encourages violence in the name of the “coming flood” — the destruction of Israel — and lauds Hamas operations both in the West Bank and against civilian targets within Israel. The channel’s recent activities also include praising Elias Rodriguez, the suspect in the double murder of two Israeli embassy workers who were shot while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025.

On June 2, 2025, moderators of the channel shared the two videos allegedly recorded by Soliman in the “last moments before carrying out the attack on the Zionist dogs in America,” an apparent reference to his attack in Boulder. They claim to have received the videos “from a private source close to the hero.”

In one of the videos, Soliman states (in Arabic): “God is greatest. God is greater than anything. Greater than the Zionists, greater than America and her weapons, greater than F-35 fighters, greater than everything.”

In the second video, Soliman says (in Arabic), “For my mother, my wife, my children, my sister, my family. I bear witness for Allah and for you, in Allah and his prophet, and for love of Jihad that is greater than the love of you, the world, and everything in it, and with faith in Allah.”

Once again, ADL urges caution when watching or listening to these videos, as it is possible the audio may have been manipulated. Despite the possibility of manipulated audio, the impact of these videos remains the same: they are being spread as pro-terror, antisemitic propaganda.

The videos are part of a broader propaganda effort by the Taufan al-Ummah channel to celebrate Soliman and his attack. Another post shared on June 2 translates to: “Two bottles, a little gasoline, and a rag…and an Egyptian man couldn't watch the Jews walking in front of him without abusing them!…With the simplest tools, you can inflict a heavy toll on the accursed Zionists and seek forgiveness before God. And you can contribute to the nation's flood that has begun…and will not stop!”

A post shared on June 3, 2025, by the Taufan al-Ummah Telegram channel, which continues to use Boulder suspect Soliman in its pro-terror propaganda. (screenshot/Telegram) 

Soliman’s purported comments in these videos indicate similar views to his verified statements during and after the attack. Based on video taken at the scene in Boulder and reports from law enforcement and eyewitnesses, Soliman yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack and stated, “We have to end Zionists,” “How many children you killed” and “They are killers” while gesturing toward the victims immediately afterward.

After being taken into custody, Soliman told police, “I did it to avenge my people,” and stated he intentionally targeted the “Zionist Group” after learning about them in an online search. He told law enforcement “that he hated the Zionist group” and carried out the attack—which he had been planning for a year—to stop them from “taking over” Palestine. He further stated that he wanted to “kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead.”

Soliman is facing federal and state charges in connection to the attack, including hate crime and attempted murder charges. The ADL Center on Extremism is continuing to track antisemitic and extremist responses to the Boulder attack and the unprecedentedly high threat environment for the Jewish community across the U.S.