--:-- Steve Inskeep: A man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at Colorado demonstrators says he planned the attack. For a year, he says he waited until after his daughter's graduation to strike.
--:-- Allison Sherry: That's right, Steve. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the suspect, Mohammed Sabri Suleiman, is a 45-year-old Egyptian national who lived in Kuwait for almost 20 years before coming to the U.S. three years ago on a tourist visa.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: What else have police learned about the suspect?
--:-- Allison Sherry: Well, police believe he acted alone. He told them he'd been planning the attack for a year and that he told no one about it. He actually waited for his high school daughter's graduation and then did it. He had five children and a wife. He lived in Colorado Springs. He left them a journal and a phone with messages for them.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: And what about the attack itself? What happened?
--:-- Allison Sherry: He tried to buy a gun late last year but he wasn't able to because of his immigration status, so he learned on YouTube how to make Molotov cocktails and use those in the attack. Authorities also have this statement that he made, where he said he was planning to kill himself, that he had doused himself in gasoline, but he obviously didn't do that.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: Did authorities know about this person or about his intent beforehand?
--:-- Allison Sherry: No, he wasn't on the radar of the feds or the Joint Terrorism Task Force here. And on the other side of this, Boulder police told me they weren't providing any security for the local members of the Run for Their Lives group who were marching Sunday because they hadn't asked for it.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: That's interesting. What do authorities do with the suspect next?
--:-- Allison Sherry: Well, we expect more charges to be filed in the coming days, reflecting the higher number of victims, both in federal and state court. He's in jail for now and has another court appearance on Thursday.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: Thanks, Allison Sherry of Colorado Public Radio.
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--:-- Steve Inskeep: Ceasefire talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul ended quickly with no ceasefire.
--:-- Joanna Kakissis: That's right, Steve. Ukraine gave Russia a list of 400 children to be returned immediately as part of these talks. Now, Russia said it would consider returning 10 of them and added that they did not abduct the children, but rather save them from a war zone.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: How is this situation different from last month when each side did swap 1,000 prisoners of war?
--:-- Joanna Kakissis: So this prisoner exchange agreed to yesterday is set to include as many POWs, like 1,000, but with priority given to those who are wounded and sick, as well as young soldiers, those between the ages of 18 and 25.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: Did the two sides agree on anything else yesterday?
--:-- Joanna Kakissis: No, exactly not. As you mentioned earlier, not a ceasefire, but the two countries did agree to exchange the bodies of soldiers killed in action.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: That's Joanna Kakissis, our correspondent in Kyiv.
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--:-- Steve Inskeep: Polls will soon close in South Korea, where the country is voting in a snap election for a new president.
--:-- Anthony Kuhn: That's right, Steve. The martial law crisis turned many people against the ruling party, and it opened a rift within the ruling party between politicians who supported martial law and those who opposed it.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: Who's the frontrunner?
--:-- Anthony Kuhn: Well, this is really E.J. Myung's race, and he has a double-digit lead in the polls to lose. E.J. Myung is a former human rights lawyer. He's been leading the left-of-center opposition Democratic Party, but he's moderated his liberal stances some to appeal to centrist voters.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: And what about the conservative party?
--:-- Anthony Kuhn: They're getting a little bit closer. Frontrunner Lee Jae-myung still has a comfortable lead, but ex-president Yoon Sung-yeol did succeed in rallying his conservative base, even while he was being impeached.
--:-- Steve Inskeep: Anthony Kuhn has been talking with voters and is in Seoul.
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--:-- Steve Inskeep: And that's up first for this Tuesday, June 3rd. I'm Steve Inskeep.
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--:-- Steve Inskeep: Today's Up First was edited by Eric Whitney, Ryland Barton, Kevin Drew, Lisa Thompson, and Adriana Gallardo.
--:-- A Martinez: It was produced by Ziad Batch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas.
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