Ottawa, Dec 17: Canada’s national police force said on Saturday that a youth was arrested and charged with terrorism-related offenses that allegedly targeted Jewish people.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the young person arrested on Friday was charged with facilitating terrorist activity by communicating instructional material related to an explosive substance.
The youth is further charged with knowingly instructing a person to carry out terrorist activity against “Jewish persons”.
Police did not release further details about the alleged offenses. Officials also said no further information about the youth could be released due to the suspect’s age.
In a news release, the national police force said it is seeing a concerning trend of violent extremism and terrorist use of the internet, including among young people.
Many officials have been raising the alarm about a reported rise in hate crimes against Jewish communities since Hamas’s October 7 attack in Israel, prompting that country’s military offensive in Gaza. (AP)
