Canadian police are disrupting a growing number of Islamic State terrorist plots in major cities, a resurgence driven by ISIS recruiting young Canadians to its ranks.
Canada’s Global News on Monday published the results of an investigation that found 20 suspects have been arrested for ISIS-related crimes this year, and 20 were arrested in 2023 as well. Only two comparable arrests were made in 2022.
The Global News quoted one of the youths, Zakarya Rida Hussein, who was 20 at the time of his arrest in June 2023. Hussein posted a message on Snapchat in which he declared: “I’m a member of ISIS. Tomorrow my mission begins. It’s pride month.”
He also sent threatening text messages to the United Conservative Party of Alberta, the party of Premier Danielle Smith, such as: “I’m gonna do a terrorist attack on you guys. I’ll kill each and every one of you.”
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