Canada - Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, & son, Mostafa Eldidi, 26,“advanced stage of planning serious, violent attack in Toronto', July '24 * Arrest*

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Toronto father and son facing terrorism charges were planning ‘violent attack in Toronto,’ RCMP reveals

Documents obtained by the Star show Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were charged on Monday with allegedly participating in terrorism activities in July in Toronto and York Region.

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''RCMP said in a news conference Wednesday that both men were arrested at a hotel in Richmond Hill on Monday, and were in the “advanced stages of planning a serious and violent attack in Toronto.”

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/terrorism-charges-father-son-gta-1.7280710

Jul 31, 2024 rbbm
''The alleged attack was going to target Toronto, an RCMP investigator said, though the exact nature of the threat falls under a publication ban. The investigator said there is no ongoing danger to residents of the city.''

Court documents filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice show the duo reside at the same address in Scarborough, an eastern suburb within Toronto. Both are Canadian citizens, according to the RCMP.

A charge sheet also alleges Ahmad Fouad Mostafa Eldidi committed an aggravated assault for the benefit of the Islamic State in 2015 somewhere outside of Canada.

Both men also face weapons charges for the possession of a machete and an axe.

The pair are currently being held in police custody, and another court appearance is scheduled for Thursday.''

 

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Toronto terror arrests and the enduring appeal of ISIS | Globalnews.ca

A Toronto father and son have been arrested for allegedly planning an attack for ISIS using bladed weapons.

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“The West has become super-focused on great power competition, so counter-terrorism is kind of an afterthought, unfortunately,” said Clarke, a leading expert on ISIS.

Low-sophistication attacks have long been encouraged by ISIS, which a decade ago urged its followers to use knives and vehicles as weapons.

Canada has experienced eight attacks linked to ISIS since 2014, the year the terror group was formed and began calling for killings in Western countries.

Since then, ISIS followers have attacked a Toronto Canadian Tire, and shot a family at their Mississauga takeout restaurant, Chicken Land.

A woman was bludgeoned to death with a hammer on a Scarborough sidewalk in 2020, and a bus passenger was stabbed in Surrey, B.C., in April 2023.

A plot to attack Ottawa’s Jewish community, which resulted in the arrests of youths in December and February, was also allegedly linked to ISIS.''