(CTV) A man convicted of supporting al-Qaeda in the early 2000s will undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he was arrested this week in Montreal for allegedly threatening to commit a mass killing.
The RCMP arrested Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, 51, on Wednesday after he allegedly told an employee at a local homeless shelter on May 26 that he wanted to “commit an attack with the goal of killing a large number of people.” He has been charged with uttering death threats under the Criminal Code.
During a court appearance on Friday, court heard that he was declared fit to stand trial. Following a request from the crown prosecutor and the defence, a judge ordered Warsame, who is homeless, to be assessed at the Philippe-Pinel psychiatric hospital in Montreal for 30 days in order to determine his criminal responsibility for the crime he is facing.
