A Canadian has been convicted of terrorism in the U.K. What we know

Two individuals including a Canadian nationalist were convicted connected terrorism charges successful nan United Kingdom, nan RCMP said successful a connection Tuesday, adding that it helped successful securing nan conviction.

Khaled Hussein, a Canadian national and resident of Edmonton, and Anjem Choudary, a British citizen, were convicted successful nan United Kingdom connected aggregate charges nether Britain’s Terrorism Act connected Tuesday.

The RCMP said successful October 2019, its Federal Policing Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET), Northwest Region, launched an anti-terrorism investigation. Hussein, a Canadian nationalist who is said to person worked astatine a state position successful Edmonton, was identified by nan RCMP arsenic a “person of interest.”

The agency said it discovered, successful an undercover operation, that Hussein was “heavily involved” pinch a group called nan Islamic Thinkers Society (ITS), besides known by nan sanction Al-Muhajiroun (ALM). The RCMP connection said erstwhile ALM members had been linked to panic land successful nan U.K.

The RCMP said that during nan people of its three-year investigation, they “were capable to corroborate Hussein was sharing ITS/ALM accusation connected a world standard connected behalf of, and taking guidance from, 57-year-old Anjem Choudary, of London.”

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“Choudary, a British national, was antecedently convicted successful 2016 nether nan Terrorism Act successful nan United Kingdom, for inviting support for nan panic group ISIS, and jailed for five-and-a-half years,” nan RCMP said.

The RCMP said it reached retired pinch its findings to nan FBI and NYPD successful nan United States and nan United Kingdom Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, which are carrying retired parallel investigations.

In June 2023, nan RCMP learned that Hussein planned to recreation from Edmonton to London, England. On July 17, 2023, he was arrested upon landing successful London.

Evidence collected successful Canada by nan RCMP was presented successful tribunal during nan proceedings of some men, which nan agency said was basal to securing nan convictions.