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Man with al-Qaida ties who threatened to bomb subway pleads guilty in Montreal
Warsame admitted threatening mass attacks and bomb claims, while a judge ordered another mental health evaluation before sentencing.
- Mohamed Abdullah Warsame pleaded guilty on Friday to making terrorist threats, including a claim he wanted to build bombs to kill one million people. Quebec Court Judge Martin Chalifour presided over the hearing in Montreal.
- Warsame, a Somali Canadian, previously pleaded guilty in Minnesota in 2009 for providing material support to Qaida after training in Afghanistan and Pakistan where he met Osama bin Laden.
- Warsame told a social worker at the Old Brewery Mission he intended to build explosives and admitted calling Canada Passport offices from the Prairies Detention Centre to threaten bombings.
- Defence lawyer Leonard Waxman said psychiatrists disagree on whether Warsame's symptoms stem from schizophrenia or drug use, prompting the judge to order a further mental health evaluation.
- While authorities confirmed no bombs were found at any passport offices, the RCMP investigated the threats after Warsame was arrested at a hospital psychiatric ward in June 2025.
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