(Global News) A Toronto man who travelled to Turkey in 2014 to join the so-called Islamic State pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting the witness who reported him to police.
Appearing in a Toronto courtroom, Pamir Hakimzadah admitted to the 2015 attack on the victim, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban.
Following the assault, the victim reported Hakimzadah to police in January 2016, prompting the RCMP to launch a national security investigation called Project Sachet.
Initially, Hakimzadah was arrested for assault, assault causing bodily harm and threatening. But in April 2017, he was also charged under Canada’s leaving for terrorism law.
The 29-year-old former Ryerson University engineering student pleaded guilty on Feb. 1 to a single count of leaving Canada to participate in terrorist activity.
