Pakistani man allegedly plotted Toronto attacks

[ArsalanKhan21]

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Pakistani man allegedly plotted Toronto attacks

QMI Agency

First posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 12:50 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 01:32 PM EDT


A Pakistani man arrested Monday on allegations he plotted to blow up several Toronto buildings including the U.S. Consulate was interviewed several times by officials from Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, QMI agency has learned.

The authorities interest in Jahanzeb Malik grew substantially after he returned to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in April 2013, the source said.

Malik came to Canada on a student visa in 2004 and became a permanent resident five years later after a marriage that has now ended.

The authorities gathered evidence that links Malik directly to violent extremism, its promotion and further evidence emerged that he was planning a violent terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate building in Toronto.

Malik was inspired by Islamic State and planned to attack the U.S. consulate in Toronto and other targets in the city's financial district, an immigration review body heard on Wednesday, according to media reports.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is seeking his continued detention until he can be deported

The CBSA said Malik told an undercover police officer he had attended training camps in Libya, and sought to build an explosive device for use in Toronto, the reports said.

He also claimed to have been in contact with Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born spokesman for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, who was killed in a CIA drone strike in 2011.

The accusations have not been proven.

Court records confirm Malik has faced assault and fraud charges in the past.

Those charges have been dealt with, according to a court clerk at Old City Hall, but the outcome was not immediately known.

Malik has no criminal matters currently before the courts.

The Canadian government is seeking to deport Malik as a security threat and the hearing at the Immigration and Refugee Board on Wednesday was held to determine whether he should be detained during the deportation process, which can take months.

Another Pakistani man suspected of militant links, Muhammad Aqeeq Ansari, is being held awaiting possible deportation.

--With files from Reuters

 

[IceCold]

Its funny actually how only these kind of people get magical access to Canada only to find out later that they were plotting some Armageddon but on the other hand many deserving applicants are still waiting in queue and most are told to apply again as their original submission was now old and cannot be processed.

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

Its funny actually how only these kind of people get magical access to Canada only to find out later that they were plotting some Armageddon but on the other hand many deserving applicants are still waiting in queue and most are told to apply again as their original submission was now old and cannot be processed.

Some of these people are admitted under family class. If you are admitted in Canada then its easier for your family members of migrate to Canada. Its chain immigration where more and more family members are admitted over the years. The independent professional and business class immigrants are admitted on the basis of their credentials and investment capital.

 

[Dubious]

Some of these people are admitted under family class. If you are admitted in Canada then its easier for your family members of migrate to Canada. Its chain immigration where more and more family members are admitted over the years. The independent professional and business class immigrants are admitted on the basis of their credentials and investment capital.

So if 1 rotten apple gets in and calls in the crime family...increasingly only flagging out 1 type of people?

 

[wiseone2]

Its funny actually how only these kind of people get magical access to Canada only to find out later that they were plotting some Armageddon but on the other hand many deserving applicants are still waiting in queue and most are told to apply again as their original submission was now old and cannot be processed.

immigration process are a pain

 

[Pakistani E]

These two are retards, Canadians always treats Pakistanis well. Why do these people feel the need to make an enemy out of every nation in the world?

 

[xyxmt]

Some of these people are admitted under family class. If you are admitted in Canada then its easier for your family members of migrate to Canada. Its chain immigration where more and more family members are admitted over the years. The independent professional and business class immigrants are admitted on the basis of their credentials and investment capital.

no more

 

[ghoul]

I have seen quite a few people with his mentality; i'e maulvis who wear their religion on their sleeves, always bashing "left-wing/seculars" yet unanimously choose to migrate to the secular west rather than Saudi Arabia etc. If these people are not "munafiqeen" then no one is.

Also, these paindoos don't take a moment to think about what their actions would achieve for their community.

 

[Finer]

As long as there is people like him, Pakistan will always be in spotlight. Good thing that Canadians are not ignorant like Americans. They are well educated about world events, but this kind of act does show there are lunatic people out there. TTP/ISIS terrorist groups aka khawarij are the real threat to world not Canada/USA.

Why are these people so stupid? Executing this man to death is the only way to serve deterrent well. Punish him rather than deport him to Pakistan.