(CBC) While a Pakistani man living in the Toronto area was allegedly planning a mass murder of Jews in New York, he was also seeking refugee status in Canada, according to an immigration consultant.
The U.S. is now aiming to extradite Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, after he was arrested by RCMP in a dramatic operation on Sept. 4 in Ormstown, Que., not far from the U.S. border.
The FBI alleges Khan told undercover officers he was building an ISIS cell to “slaughter” as many Jewish civilians as possible in a violent rampage around the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.
Fazal Qadeer, a Mississauga, Ont.-based immigration consultant who had worked with Khan, said he had been surprised to learn of the arrest. He said Khan hadn’t shown signs of radicalization.
