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New charges against man with al-Qaida ties as lawyer raises mental health concerns
Mohamed Warsame, diagnosed with schizophrenia, faces life imprisonment if convicted of terror threats against Montreal transit and Passport Canada, Crown invoked terrorism law.
- This week prosecutors filed fresh charges against Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, alleging he threatened to blow up Passport Canada offices in Montreal and Quebec City in November while in jail.
- Mohamed Abdullah Warsame pleaded guilty in the U.S. in 2009 to conspiracy to support al-Qaida and was deported in October 2010.
- Police arrested him in June and later pursued terrorism-related provisions after he allegedly told a staff member at a Montreal homeless shelter he would detonate bombs in the Montreal public transit system.
- A month after his arrest the federal Crown invoked a terrorism provision that could lead to life in prison on the uttering threats charge, and the case returns to court March 9, The Canadian Press reported Jan. 8, 2026.
- Leonard Waxman said his client has had numerous mental-health struggles and was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia, adding at the Montreal courthouse that Warsame had been mostly homeless in recent years.
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New charges against man with al-Qaeda ties as lawyer raises mental health concerns
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.
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Man who made transit threats faces more charges
Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, who made threats to bomb Montreal’s transit system last summer, is facing new charges after recent threats to burn down passport offices. Whether Warsame is a credible threat is not clear. The CBC item says he was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia; he may be locked up for awhile.
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