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| Canadian court hears teen terror suspect slam infidels | |
| 2015-09-10 | |
[Reuters) - A 16-year-old Montreal teen, the youngest person charged with terrorist offenses in Canada, expressed contempt for his country in a police videotape played in court on Wednesday, saying the country was run by "infidels" who needed to be overthrown. He said Canada was a state of "poly-atheism
The son of Algerian immigrants has pleaded guilty to committing a robbery in 2014 when he was 15 years old. The teen is now on trial for alleged terrorist activity after pleading not guilty to attempting to use the stolen money to join a terrorist group in Syria. On Wednesday, the diminutive teen sat silently in the courtroom, occasionally closing his eyes as the video from his robbery arrest was played for the court. During the 2014 police interrogation, the teen often reacted defiantly, dismissing both his own father and police officer Brahim Soussi, also a Muslim, as apostates. He told Soussi that it was alright to rob an infidel and that the money he stole was equivalent to "war booty." The lad, who said he learned about Islam online, admitted to having never read the Koran in its entirety. Soussi repeatedly challenged the teen's knowledge of Islam. The boy often refused to talk to Soussi, saying, "I don't feel like having a conversation with an apostate. I understand Islam better than you." The father, who immigrated to Canada in 2003, admitted in court to reporting his own son to police. Montreal newspaper La Presse reported in December that he called authorities after discovering a backpack stuffed with cash hidden in the yard behind the family's home. Police said they arrested the teen in October after he robbed a convenience store with an "edged weapon," then fled the scene. | |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 They could make him start swimming for Syria and Iraq. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-10 10:32 |
| #1 capitol punishment would be an idea?! |
| Posted by: 746 2015-09-10 00:26 |