GTA teen arrested over alleged plan to travel abroad to join ISIS: Report

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Published Jan 02, 2025  •  2 minute read

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A teen from Newmarket has been arrested on the suspicion that he was planning to travel internationally to join ISIS, CBC News reported on Thursday.

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The outlet cited court records that showed the RCMP applied last month for a terrorism peace bond, which would restrict the now-18-year-old’s movements.

The accused can’t be named per the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

“Although the defendant is an adult now, much of the allegations occurred while he was a young person,” said Nathalie Houle, a spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, per CBC News.

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On Dec. 19, the RCMP announced it received the attorney general’s consent for proceedings related to terrorism-related offences; however, investigators declined to give specifics on the allegations or the accused.

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Court records obtained by CBC News show the RCMP sought a peace bond against the teen on Dec. 18. They alleged that he might be planning to leave Canada “to participate in the activities” of the terrorist group ISIS.

The teen was freed on bail last month and is to return to court on Jan. 15. The Mounties said he faces “strict court conditions,” pending the outcome of the RCMP peace bond application.

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ISIS has come under the microscope again following this week’s deadly truck attack in New Orleans. Authorities said the attack was carried out by a U.S.-born ISIS supporter.

The RCMP carried out a pair of high-profile operations last year targeting Ontario-based men accused of planning ISIS-inspired mass murders.

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In July, father and son Ahmed and Mostafa Eldidi were arrested near Toronto and charged in connection with an alleged plot that involved an axe and machete. The father now additionally faces war-crime charges after he was accused of dismembering a man in a 2015 ISIS propaganda video recorded in Iraq.

In a separate incident, the RCMP arrested Muhammad Shahzeb Khan in September. The Pakistani citizen living in Mississauga was nabbed near the U.S. border in Quebec. American investigators alleged that Khan was headed to New York City to carry out an ISIS-inspired mass shooting at a Jewish centre.

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