(Global News) The arrest of a father and son accused of planning a mass casualty attack in Toronto on behalf of ISIS suggests the enduring appeal of the terrorist group.
Five years after it was defeated in Syria, where it committed scores of atrocities, the so-called Islamic State continues to inspire violence far from the Middle East.
The alleged plot disrupted by this week’s arrests involved an axe and machete, which were seized by police, according to court records obtained by Global News.
Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were charged with six terrorism offences, the records show. They are accused of planning an attack for the benefit of ISIS.
The father is also accused of a June 2015 aggravated assault outside Canada for ISIS. No further details were provided.
