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WATCH: In a Global News exclusive, a teenager in Ottawa has been arrested and charged by the RCMP in relation to an alleged terrorism plot against the city’s Jewish community. Global News' Mercedes Stephenson spoke with the Grade 10 boy’s father on Saturday. He said he was concerned about religious extremists trying to radicalize his son.
The RCMP has charged an Ottawa youth with terrorism for allegedly plotting an attack against the Jewish community, Global News has learned.
The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared in an Ottawa courthouse on Saturday morning to face two charges.
He was taken into custody until his next court appearance, scheduled for Monday morning.
The RCMP said he had been charged with facilitation of a terrorist activity “by communicating instructional material related to an explosive substance.”
He was also charged with “instructing, directly or indirectly, a person to carry out a terrorist activity against Jewish persons.”
Police did not identify a specific target of the alleged attack.
Two national security sources said the alleged plot was believed to be religiously motivated against the Jewish community.
WATCH: In a Global News exclusive, a teenager in Ottawa has been arrested and charged by the RCMP in relation to an alleged terrorism plot against the city’s Jewish community. Global News' Mercedes Stephenson spoke with the Grade 10 boy’s father on Saturday. He said he was concerned about religious extremists trying to radicalize his son.
The RCMP has charged an Ottawa youth with terrorism for allegedly plotting an attack against the Jewish community, Global News has learned.
The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared in an Ottawa courthouse on Saturday morning to face two charges.
He was taken into custody until his next court appearance, scheduled for Monday morning.
The RCMP said he had been charged with facilitation of a terrorist activity “by communicating instructional material related to an explosive substance.”
He was also charged with “instructing, directly or indirectly, a person to carry out a terrorist activity against Jewish persons.”
Police did not identify a specific target of the alleged attack.
Two national security sources said the alleged plot was believed to be religiously motivated against the Jewish community.
