Man who waved terrorist flag in Toronto charged with public incitement of hatred: police

On Thursday, Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw said that a man who allegedly waved the flag of a terrorist group while marching in downtown Toronto has been arrested and charged with public incitement of hatred. “Our members observed him carrying the flag of a terrorist organization listed by Public Safety Canada and arrested him,“ Demkiw said, adding that between Oct. 7 and Jan. 10, there were 54 arrests and 117 charges laid related to hate crime occurrences. According to police, Maged Sameh Hilal Al Khalaf, 41, of Toronto, was arrested and charged on Sunday, after he allegedly marched in the Queen Street West and Bay Street area waving a flag of an organization listed as a terrorist group by Public Safety Canada.