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Three Toronto men have been charged with hate-motivated crimes targeting women and the Jewish community, police announced on Friday.
The arrests followed two failed kidnapping attempts in May and June, as well as the seizure of weapons including an AR-style rifle.
One of the suspects was charged separately with terrorism offenses that included conspiracy to commit murder for the Islamic State.
Waleed Khan, 26, Osman Azizov, 18, and Fahad Sadaat, 19, face almost 80 charges as a result of a major crimes investigation called Project Neapolitan.
A parallel investigation by the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team resulted in terrorism charges against Khan.
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The arrests come after two pro-Islamic State terrorists killed 15 people and injured dozens more at Hanukkah celebrations at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday.
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Firearm allegedly seized by police.
Peel Regional Police
In the wake of the attack in Australia, Canada’s threat assessment agency said there were no known plots of a similar nature in this country.
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But the intelligence briefing also warned that an attack targeting Jewish holiday events in Canada remained a “realistic possibility.”
The Integrated Threat Assessment Centre report said the current threat environment includes a growing list of successful and disrupted attacks, a spike in ISIS propaganda and plots directed by the Iranian regime.
“These same conditions and drivers exist in Canada, to differing degrees, and it is a realistic possibility that the Jewish community in Canada could be targeted by a violent extremist actor or actors,” it said.
Canada’s most prominent Jewish organization has called for action to address the growing antisemitism since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
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Stewart.Bell@globalnews.ca
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