LATEST NEWS: Walt was lucky he didn't make bets on the suspect's name being "Mohammed". (See update below.) In fact he's Ayanie Hassan Ali, shown here in a picture released by Toronto's finest(?). He has been charged with one count of attempted murder, two counts of assault with weapon, one count of weapons dangerous and one count of aggravated assault. According to Inspector Knacker, Mr. Ali is a Canadian, born in Montréal and now living in Toronto (as Her Majesty's guest, since yesterday).No mention was made of Mr. Ali's religion. However, sez Toronto's top cop, he shouted "Allah told me to do this, Allah told me to come here and kill people." Lifetime pct (taking into account being wrong about the name) still .989.
ORIGINAL STORY, called in by Agent 3 yesterday:
Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders says a 27-year-old man is under arrest after two members of the Canadian Forces were stabbed in north Toronto Monday afternoon. A man walked into a federal building, which houses a Canadian Armed Forces recruitment centre, pulled out a knife and attacked the person behind the counter. The attacker attempted to move farther into the building, but was taken down by a group of between six and eight soldiers. Two soldiers reportedly suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Chief Saunders refused to divulge any information about the suspect, except for his age and gender, but did say that the suspect uttered "certain comments that are of concern". Agent 3 suggests that the "comments" might have been "Allahu akbar!" or words to that effect. All the police chief would say is that his minions are "strongly considering the possibility that the attack was an act of terrorism."
WWW will bring you an update just as soon as the PC police and censors at the CBC have figured out how to spin the story.
UPDATE 15/3/16 -- Just as we predicted (lifetime pct .989), the Toronto Sun reports (14/6/16. 7:06 PM EDT): A brazen knife attack that sent two Canadian soldiers to hospital was disturbing enough, but police sources say it was the attacker uttering the word "Allah" that prompted Toronto Police to call in terror experts.
Chief Mark Saunders told reporters outside of the federal building at 4900 Yonge St., north of Sheppard Ave., Monday that the male suspect used "certain comments" that were as concerning as the violent attack. He did not elaborate, but several police sources say witnesses told them "Allah" was used.
"Some heard him say, 'Praise Allah' and others heard 'Allah' or 'Aly,'" a police source told the Sun. "Several heard the man use this terminology. It’s not something you take a chance on and this is why the call was made to the police agencies who handle terror issues."
The suspect is still unnamed, but Walt is having trouble getting bets against "Mohammed". No word on his nationality, ethnicity, religion or status in Canada. Can you spell "refugee", boys and girls? I knew you could!
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