(CBC) Nearly a year before a Pakistani man hit the road in the Toronto area — allegedly headed to New York to kill “as many Jewish people as possible” in an ISIS-inspired mass shooting — his Facebook profile caught the eye of an FBI informant.
What followed was a months-long undercover investigation into Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a student living in Mississauga, Ont., that culminated in his arrest by the RCMP’s national security unit near the U.S. border in Quebec on Sept. 4.
A 16-page summary of U.S. prosecutors’ evidence in the case, obtained by CBC News, reveals new details about how investigators first learned of Khan’s alleged support for ISIS, and how they say he put in motion his plot to “slaughter” Jews. The document was filed in Quebec Superior Court last week, as Canada’s justice minister authorized extradition proceedings for the 20-year-old to face a terrorism charge in the U.S.
