A Montreal youth has been arrested on terrorism-related charges after he had allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and was in the process of planning an attack, the RCMP says.
The Mounties said the boy was arrested in the Montreal borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Aug. 20, but did not release his name or age.
The RCMP had begun its investigation in April, and said the boy had stated online that he wanted to attack several groups of people, and that he intended to acquire weapons like AK-47s to carry out the attack.
The accused will appear in youth court on Aug. 21 on three counts of providing or making available property or services for terrorist purposes, participation in the activity of a terrorist group, and facilitating a terrorist activity….