MONTREAL — The RCMP says it has arrested a 35-year-old Quebecer in connection with a threat to bomb targets outside Canada. The Mounties said today Said Namouh was arrested in Quebec yesterday.
Earlier, Austrian officials said a man arrested in Quebec was the fourth suspect in connection with an online threat against Austria and Germany. They said three alleged Al Qaeda sympathizers — two men and a woman, all Austrian citizens in their 20s and of Arab origin — were arrested in connection with a video that surfaced in March threatening to attack Germany and Austria unless the two countries withdrew their personnel from Afghanistan.
The arrest was made in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Austrian Interior Ministry spokesman Rudolf Gollia said. Austrian and Canadian authorities have worked together closely for several weeks, Gollia said, adding that it appeared the man was planning to leave Canada.
Senator Colin Kenny, chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, confirmed the arrest and said police would charge the man later today. "The individual who was arrested in Mauricie is going to be charged with conspiracy," Kenny said.
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Thanks for the ping Oorang.
I heard about this on the radio on the way home from work tonight.
THANK YOU Oorang.
Timely arrest.