An Iraqi national and Iranian-backed commander charged in the United States with terrorism-related offences has been linked to the shooting that took place outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto in March.
According to a U.S. criminal complaint released May 15 in a federal court in New York, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi and others were allegedly behind two attacks in Canada, including the Toronto Consulate attack and an attack on a synagogue.
In the days following the onset of the conflict in Iran, multiple shootings took place at synagogues in the Toronto area, including one on March 2 and two different shootings on March 7. The U.S. Consulate in Toronto was also shot at during the early morning hours of March 10, and law enforcement officials described the attack as a “national security incident.”…