Toronto father and son face multiple terror-related charges


A Toronto father and son arrested while allegedly in the “advanced stages” of planning a violent attack have been charged with multiple terrorism-related offences, the RCMP say.

Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, face a total of nine charges. Among them is one count each of conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit or at the direction of a terrorist group — namely ISIS, a Sunni Muslim militant organization. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Matt Peggs announced the charges at a news conference on Wednesday.

Read more…
Source: CBC News


Sign up for our Newsletter


Related:

  • Bomb left in bag explodes in pickup, causing serious burns to 4 occupants in Winnipeg

    June 18, 2017

    A 22-year-old Winnipeg man says he is happy to be alive and praying for his injured friends after a bomb exploded in the pickup truck they were in on the weekend. “Just want to know who it is who would be doing something like this,” a bandaged-up Shaunovin Houle, one of four people who sustained major injuries during ...