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Author: Sidhartha Banerjee
Publication Date: January 8, 2026 - 16:01
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Homeless man with ties to al-Qaeda faces new charges as lawyer raises mental health concerns
January 8, 2026
A homeless man who had attended al-Qaeda training camps and is charged with allegedly threatening to bomb public transit in Montreal is now also accused of issuing a threat from jail to blow up Passport Canada offices.
Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, a 52-year-old Somali-born Canadian citizen, appeared at the Montreal courthouse via video conference on Thursday. Warsame’s lawyer, Leonard Waxman, told reporters after the brief hearing in Quebec court that his client has had numerous mental health struggles and had been recently diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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