MONTREAL – A 20-year-old West Island man was in court Wednesday after he was arrested by police in a massive police operation on Laurin Street in the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro.
Two-hundred people were forced from their homes on Tuesday when officers arrived at the young man’s home, believing there could be explosives inside.
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While no bombs were found, Omar Elabi is being detained and is expected to be charged with a terrorism-related offence on Thursday.
Investigators are also looking into a video with alleged ties to terrorism activities in connection with their investigation into Elabi’s activities.
Elabi’s brother, Sami, is a jihadist living in Syria and can allegedly be seen in a video that shows him burning his Canadian passport and shooting it with a machine gun.
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