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Toronto man charged with terrorism-related offences linked to ISIS
Waleed Khan faces 79 charges including providing social media accounts to ISIS and conspiracy to commit murder in a probe targeting hate crimes against women and Jewish communities.
- On Friday, the RCMP announced that Toronto man Waleed Khan, 26, was charged with terrorism offences including conspiracy to commit murder and was arrested on Nov. 26.
- The probe began with two violent incidents earlier this year: one on May 31 in Don Mills Road and Rochefort Drive, Toronto, and another on June 24 on Ellesboro Drive near Swanhurst Boulevard, Mississauga, prompting investigation into three men.
- Police say search warrants recovered firearms, ammunition and high-capacity magazines at Toronto residences, and Waleed Khan, 26, Osman Azizov, 18, and Fahad Sadaat, 19, face 79 charges.
- The RCMP say one man worked with ISIS to plan deadly attacks, announced after the Sydney Bondi Beach attack, while Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre reported no similar domestic plots.
- A court-imposed publication ban limits details as Toronto Police say Waleed Khan faces extra firearm and probation charges while the probe includes hate offences targeting women and members of the Jewish community.
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The 27-year-old man arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is accused of plotting for murder and financing the armed Islamic State group.
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