Toronto father and son face multiple terror-related charges No ongoing threat to the public, RCMP says

July 31, 2024   

(CBC) A Toronto father and son arrested while allegedly in the “advanced stages” of planning a violent attack have been charged with multiple terrorism-related offences, the RCMP say.

Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, face a total of nine charges. Among them is one count each of conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit or at the direction of a terrorist group — namely ISIS, a Sunni Muslim militant organization.

RCMP Assistant Commissioner Matt Peggs announced the charges at a news conference on Wednesday.

The pair were arrested on July 28 in a hotel room in Richmond Hill, Ont., after a month-long investigation that involved multiple police services, Peggs said.

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