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Upgrade to charge against man with al-Qaida ties as punishment for alleged terrorism
MONTREAL, CANADA, JUL 7 – Mohamed Abdullah Warsame faces a terrorism charge upgrade that could lead to life imprisonment for threatening to bomb Montreal public transit, marking a first use of this Criminal Code section in Quebec.
- Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, a 51-year-old Somali-born Canadian linked to al-Qaeda, faces upgraded terrorism charges in Montreal as of July 2025.
- The charges follow his May 2025 arrest after he allegedly threatened and sought to bomb public transit in Montreal, leading prosecutors to invoke Section 83.27 of the Criminal Code.
- In 2009, Warsame admitted in a Minnesota court to supporting al-Qaeda, following his time training in Afghanistan and his meeting with Osama bin Laden in 2000.
- Prosecutor Samuel Monfette-Tessier explained that upgrading the uttering threats charge under the terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code now allows for a potential life sentence.
- This case may mark the first time Quebec prosecutors used this law to upgrade charges for terrorism, signaling stronger legal measures against alleged terrorist activities.
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Al-Qaeda-connected man who allegedly threatened Montreal bomb attack charged with terrorism
Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, 51, was charged last month after allegedly telling an employee at a Montreal homeless shelter that he wanted to build bombs and detonate them on public transit. A federal Crown prosecutor has now upgraded a charge of uttering threats to a terrorism offence.
·Ottawa, Canada
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Federal Attorney Samuel Monfette-Tessier invoked section 83.27 of the Criminal Code on Monday.
·Montreal, Canada
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