(CTV) A man convicted of terrorism offences in the United States, and who had ties to al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, allegedly threatened to kill “a large number of people” in Montreal, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Court records show that Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, 51, is facing one count of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm under the Criminal Code following an incident on May 26.
His arrest in Montreal was first reported by La Presse.
Warsame, a Somali-born Canadian citizen who is now homeless, was arrested by the RCMP Wednesday after he allegedly told an Old Brewery Mission employee that he wanted to commit a large-scale attack and that he allegedly was “able to make explosives.”
