Man charged with terrorism in shooting at Edmonton City Hall

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Good evening terrorism charges have been approved against a man accused of firing a gun and throwing a Molotov cocktail inside City Hall Evan Kenny has more on what qualifies as terrorism and if experts think this fits the bill to continue to work on the man accused of shooting up City

Hall and lighting it on fire is facing new terrorism charges 10 additional charges against 28-year-old bizani sarvar include counseling the commission of a terrorism offense and possession of property for terrorist purposes it is very concerning with with a laying of a charge of of terrorism that’s a very

Serious matter a matter of of that requires a high evidentiary threshold National Security expert John Gilmore says Canada’s definition of terrorism is different than other countries and specific criteria needs to be met there are three thresholds that you have to meet in order to be charged for

Terrorism and one is motivation one is intent and the other the final one is the act if I don’t succeed I know someone else will succeed for me in a nearly 5minute video police say maybe connected to the shooting a man wearing a security jacket talks about his

Mission and the issues he believes our society is facing one criminal defense lawyer thinks it could be enough to incriminate the accused that’s about as easy of a l or two for the police to hear which would lay a foundation for counseling to commit a terrorist offense

CTV News has been unable to confirm who posted the video mayor AMG SOI was in City Hall during the shooting he won’t comment on the charges but does say the crimes will have a lasting impact we want to make sure that s events are avoided and the in the in the future and

We’re looking at some security features that will be as non-intrusive as as possible sarvar is scheduled for a court appearance tomorrow the rcmp’s integrated National Security enforcement team will also be speaking to reporters at the Alberta RCMP headquarters tomorrow Evan Kenny CTV News Edmonton

A man has been charged with terrorism in January’s shooting incident at Edmonton City Hall. Evan Kenny reports.

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27 COMMENTS

  1. Took long enough to label it. Only a couple weeks in and the truckers shared that same label. Remember, where there were no guns discharged or molotov cocktails thrown.

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