(Global News) A Canadian terrorism expert says police and crown prosecutors will have their work cut out for them in proving a horrific attack on a Surrey, B.C., bus this weekend was an act of terror.
Abdul Aziz Kawam was initially facing attempted murder, assault and weapons charges for allegedly slashing a passenger in the throat on a transit bus Saturday morning.
However, the B.C. RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) became involved on Sunday and prosecutors subsequently added four counts of terrorism to the charge sheet.
Charging documents allege the attack was committed in the name of the Islamic State, commonly known as ISIS, and Kawam is alleged to have made statements shortly after the incident about having done it for the terror group.
