British Columbia resident Hasibullah Yusufzai, 25, became the first Canadian charged with traveling abroad for the purpose of terrorist training; he allegedly traveled to Syria in January to join an Islamist group and has not returned. At least 130 Canadians are said to be engaged in extremist activity abroad. Last week Misbahuddin Ahmed, 34, a former hospital worker from Ottawa, was convicted of convicted of conspiring with two other men to facilitate terrorist activity and participating in a terrorist group; they were accused of planning to use explosives for violent jihad against targets in Canada.
