Montreal police have arrested a man previously convicted of supporting al-Qaeda, after he allegedly said he wanted to kill a large number of people by detonating bombs on public transit.
Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, 51, has been charged with uttering threats after he allegedly told an employee at a homeless shelter he intended to carry out an attack, RCMP said in a June 5 release.
Montreal police (SPVM) responded after receiving the report from the shelter, RCMP said. SPVM then informed the RCMP, who took over the investigation and arrested Warsame. The investigation is ongoing.
A Canadian with Somali background, Warsame previously pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to a charge of conspiring to provide material support and resources to al-Qaeda. He was sentenced to more than seven years in a U.S. prison and was deported to Canada in 2010 as part of a plea deal….