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2018-07-25 Great White North

Family said Toronto killer suffered mental illness – now his TERROR ties are discovered

[CBS] TORONTO -- Canadian investigators were digging Tuesday into the life of the 29-year-old man who opened fire on restaurants and cafes in a popular Toronto neighborhood, seeking to explain what prompted the rampage that killed a 10-year-old girl and a young woman and wounded 13 others.

"At this stage, based on the state of the investigation, which is led by the Toronto police service, there is no connection between that individual and national security," Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said.

But a law enforcement source told CBS News that Faisal Hussain visited Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) websites and may have expressed support for the terrorist group. They were looking into whether Hussain may have lived at one time in Afghanistan and possibly Pakistan, the source said. There is no indication that Hussain was directed by ISIS to carry out the attack.

The assailant's family has said he suffered from psychosis and depression for years but they never imagined he would do such a thing. It was not immediately clear whether he took his own life or was killed by police during the attack Sunday night.

The mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown neighborhood stunned people in a normally safe city, already unsettled by an attack just three months ago when a man used a van to plow over pedestrians on a downtown sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 14 in an attack apparently aimed at women.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-25 00:18|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
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#1 Meet the spin doctor behind the Hussain family statement

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-25 00:34|| 2018-07-25 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 there is no connection between that individual and national security," Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said.

well, not now

Posted by Frank G 2018-07-25 07:38|| 2018-07-25 07:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Gorb predicted this one yesterday

Posted by Mercutio 2018-07-25 08:21|| 2018-07-25 08:21|| Front Page Top

#4 I'll bet all his relatives in the colonizing tribe have been on ISIS websites.

Boot them all out.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-07-25 11:02|| 2018-07-25 11:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Gorb predicted this one yesterday

It didn't take much. :-)

Posted by gorb 2018-07-25 14:02|| 2018-07-25 14:02|| Front Page Top

#6 So, we're clear now what the 'mental illness' is. The Canadians adopted Soviet psychiatry definitions so subtlely we didn't notice.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-25 14:25|| 2018-07-25 14:25|| Front Page Top

#7 killings were with a handgun

in Canada, handguns must be registered and to qualify for registration there must be a certification of training, references and other things

So Faisal was presumably possessing unlawfully - would be useful to ask his family about this

Posted by lord garth 2018-07-25 17:28|| 2018-07-25 17:28|| Front Page Top

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