The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency claimed that two stabbings at the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille, France were the work of its “soldier.” Separately, an attack in Edmonton, Canada is being investigated as a terrorist act.
Canada conducts first air strike in Syria
Canadian jury finds two men guilty in plot to derail train
Canadian police arrest man, charge him with aiding Islamic State
The RCMP arrested Suliman Mohamed, 21, in the Vanier area in Ottawa; he is charged with participating in terrorist activity and is linked to twins Ashton and Carlos Larmond, 24, who were arrested on Jan. 9 on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses. So far only two people, Carlos Larmond and Hasibullah Yusufzai, 25, of Vancouver, have […]
Authorities filed terrorism charges against Ashton Carleton Larmond and Carlos Larmond, 24-year-old twins from Ottawa who planned to travel abroad to engage in terrorist activity. Both men were arrested on Jan. 9; Carlos was at Montreal’s international airport and Ashton was in Ottawa. Officials at five Ottawa mosques denied knowing the two suspects, said to […]
Are IS group hackers taking jihad online?
Former Ottawa resident John Maguire a.k.a. Abu Anwar al-Canadi, a Muslim convert, appeared in an Islamic State video yesterday urging Canadian Muslims to conduct lone-wolf attacks in Canada or travel to the Middle East for jihad. Canada shuttered its embassy in Cairo due to security concerns and reportedly asked Egyptian authorities to close down roads […]
A 15-year-old boy from Montreal has been charged with robbing a store to fund his travel to the Middle East to join a terrorist group. Two suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party were detained after trying to enter Canada from the US and obtain asylum.
The Edmonton police chief asked for counterterrorism training for his frontline officers. The newly released annual report of Canada’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre indicated that 234 of 1,143 intelligence disclosures to police and security agencies this past year involved terrorist financing or threats to Canadian security.
Canadian military mum on CF-18 inflicted casualties
Defence Minister Nicholson said two Canadian fighter jets dropped four bombs yesterday on an Islamic State position outside Kirkuk, Iraq. Nicholson claimed that the strike, which is Canada’s fourth so far in the air campaign against the terror group, helped to extend the buffer area between Iraqi and Islamic State forces.
Police are looking further into the case of Franck Gervais, who impersonated a Canadian soldier during recent Remembrance Day celebrations; Gervais was charged with impersonating a public officer and unlawful use of a military uniform. A report raised questions about the continuing viability of Canada’s Arghandab Irrigation Rehabilitation Project in Afghanistan.
IS ‘Changing Tactics’ In Iraq, Making Militants Harder To Strike
Iraq’s Kurds appeal for new US arms to combat Islamic State
The Defense Department said that a Canadian airstrike with a laser-guided bomb destroyed a piece of Islamic State artillery near Baiji, Iraq. About 600 Canadian troops are currently deployed in the coalition air campaign in Iraq. Gill Rosenberg, a Canadian-born woman and former Israeli soldier, has reportedly joined a Kurdish militia in Iraq that is […]
Canadian fighter jets dropped laser-guided missiles on Islamic State targets near Fallujah in Iraq, in the first Canadian airstrikes of the campaign against the terrorist group. Defense Minister Nicholson said that “[t]oday’s strike demonstrates our government’s firm resolve to tackle the threat of terrorism and to stand with our allies.” An intelligence official of the […]
RCMP Commissioner Paulson said that a video made by Ottawa shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau before the attack included reference to “Allah” and cited Canada’s foreign policy. The RCMP chief said the attack was motivated by Bibeau’s “distorted world view” and not by mental illness; he also said last week’s terrorist attacks in Ottawa and Quebec were […]
Islamist preacher rejects link to Ottawa shootings, warns of threat to Britain
The RCMP is monitoring 93 “high-risk travelers” who may pose an extremist threat but has not arrested any of them in the wake of two terrorist attacks this week. Ottawa shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was not on the list of high-risk travelers, although he had recently tried to travel to Syria and allegedly had jihadist connections […]
Security tight in Canada as police probe Parliament gunman’s ties
Canada attackers were recent converts to Islam
Ottawa shooting suspect taught two young men about Islam while living at homeless shelter, witnesses say
Prime Minister Harper called yesterday’s shootings in Ottawa at the War Memorial and Parliament Hill a terrorist attack, and vowed to strengthen Canada’s antiterrorism laws. The attacker, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, was shot dead by security officials after he had fatally shot a Canadian soldier and fired shots inside Parliament. It is still unclear whether Zehaf-Bibeau, who […]
Attack on Ottawa: What we know so far
Ottawa shooter has criminal record in Montreal
Canada prime minister calls shootings at Parliament, war memorial terrorism
Hit-and-Run That Killed Canadian Soldier Is Called Terrorist Attack
Authorities placed parts of central Ottawa on lockdown after gunfire erupted at the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill; a soldier was shot dead at the War Memorial. One gunman, Michael Joseph Hall a.k.a. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Muslim convert, was killed, and others are being sought. Officials have not yet disclosed the nature of the […]
Renewed war on terrorism brings new challenges to Canadian police