Toronto man pleads guilty to trying to join ISIS

February 1, 2019   

(Global News) A Toronto man admitted Friday he traveled to Turkey in 2014 to join the so-called Islamic State.

At a court appearance in Toronto, Pamir Hakimzadah pleaded guilty to leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group.

“The purpose of Pamir’s trip was to enter Syria via Turkey. There he intended to join a terrorist group known as ISIS or Daesh,” according to an agreed statement of facts.

He faces a possible 10-year sentence. The case returns to court on Feb. 26.

Before leaving for Syria, the 29-year-old former Ryerson University engineering student “exhibited increasingly radical Islamic beliefs,” according to the statement of facts.

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