{"id":355871,"date":"2025-12-19T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/355871\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:02:12","slug":"three-toronto-men-arrested-for-hate-motivated-attacks-isis-related-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/355871\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Toronto men arrested for hate-motivated attacks, ISIS-related terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three Toronto men have been charged with hate-motivated crimes targeting women and the Jewish community, police announced<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

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The arrests followed two failed kidnapping attempts in May and June, as well as the seizure of weapons including an AR-style rifle.<\/p>\n

One of the suspects was charged separately<\/a> with terrorism offenses that included conspiracy to commit murder for the Islamic State.<\/p>\n

Waleed Khan, 26, Osman Azizov, 18, and Fahad Sadaat, 19, face almost 80 charges as a result of a major crimes investigation called Project Neapolitan.<\/p>\n

A parallel investigation<\/a> by the RCMP\u2019s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team resulted in terrorism charges against Khan.<\/p>\n

The arrests come after two pro-Islamic State terrorists killed 15 people and injured dozens more at Hanukkah celebrations at Sydney\u2019s Bondi Beach on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe details of the investigation indicate a grave threat, involving the Islamic State and attempts to target women and Jewish Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area,\u201d the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said in a statement following the arrests.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we saw in Sydney, we are one intelligence failure away from a devastating loss of life. A lack of urgency on the part of our leaders puts Canadians in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge authorities to take decisive measures to hold extremists accountable for radicalizing Canadians and setting the stage for mass violence right here in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the wake of the attack in Australia, Canada\u2019s threat assessment agency<\/a> said there were no known plots of a similar nature in this country.<\/p>\n

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But the intelligence brief also warned that an attack targeting Jewish holiday events in Canada remained a \u201crealistic possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Canadian Jewish organizations have called for government action<\/a> to address the antisemitism that has surfaced since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas<\/a> attack on Israel.<\/p>\n

According to Toronto police, its investigation began after three armed men tried to force a woman into a vehicle on May 31 but were interrupted by a passing motorist.<\/p>\n

On June 24, a similar incident occurred when three armed men wearing balaclavas exited a vehicle and tried to lure two women into a light-coloured Audi SUV.<\/p>\n

They chased the women but fled when a passerby came to the scene. All three women were sexually assaulted, according to the charges filed in Ontario court.<\/p>\n

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Peel police<\/a> connected the incidents and worked with Toronto police to identify the suspects. Searches of their residences turned up multiple firearms and high-capacity magazines, police said.<\/p>\n

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Khan was arrested on Aug. 18. At the time, he was on probation for prior violent offences and was prohibited from possessing firearms.<\/p>\n

He was also charged with an addition assault with a knife that allegedly occurred on July 31, according to the charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe evidence gathered expanded the scope of the investigation to include additional offences motivated by hate \u2013 particularly targeting women and members of the Jewish community,\u201d Toronto police said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cInvestigators also uncovered links to terrorism, prompting a separate but parallel RCMP investigation through INSET. This led the RCMP to lay terrorism-related charges against Waleed Khan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although ISIS was defeated in Syria in 2019, it has expanded into South Asia and Africa, and has seized upon the Hamas-Israel conflict to attract recruits.<\/p>\n

Canadian police have disrupted several ISIS-related plots in Canada, one allegedly targeting a pro-Israel rally<\/a> on Parliament Hill in 2023.<\/p>\n

A father and son were arrested<\/a> in Toronto last year over an alleged ISIS attack plot, and a Pakistani man was arrested in Quebec in September 2024 over a suspected mass shooting plan targeting a New York Jewish centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is alarming that multiple Islamic State-related terrorist plots have been uncovered over the past two years in Canada,\u201d said CIJA CEO Noah Shack.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis goes far beyond the safety of any one group. It is a matter of national security and public safety. There is a ticking time bomb in our country that our leaders must confront before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart.Bell@globalnews.ca<\/p>\n

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