Calgary father charged with ISIS kidnapping released on bail Hussein Borhot, 34, accused of participating in a kidnapping, helping ISIS in Syria

July 30, 2020   

(CBC) A Calgary man facing four terrorism charges, accused of fighting with ISIS for more than a year before returning to Canada, has been released on bail.

Last week, Alberta RCMP’s Integrated National [Security] Enforcement Team laid the charges against Hussein Sobhe Borhot, 34.

The father of four has been living in Calgary’s northeast with his family.

Between May 2013 and June 2014, Borhot travelled to Syria, where he joined ISIS and received training from the terrorist group, police say. He is also accused of carrying out a kidnapping on behalf of the group.

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