Calgary teens arrested in terrorism-related cases in court for appearance, hearing

A 16-year-old boy who was arrested in Calgary as part of an ongoing national security investigation made a brief court appearance this morning with his lawyer and his father.

The teen, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was the fourth Calgarian to be arrested since last June.

A 20-year-old and two other boys, who are 15 and 17, were previously arrested as part of the same investigation, which is linked to terrorism-related posts on TikTok and other social media sites.

The 20-year-old, Zakarya Rida Hussein plead guilty to one count of facilitating terrorist activity in December.

In June, Hussein was charged with two counts of facilitating terrorist activity and two counts of participating in or contributing to an activity of a terrorist group.

An Ottawa teenager was also arrested in mid-December and charged in connection with an alleged plot against that city’s Jewish community.

The 15-year-old Calgary boy who was arrested in October is to have a peace bond hearing this afternoon.

CityNews has learned RCMP are expected to testify at the hearing.

Under a provision of the Criminal Code, the Crown can ask for conditions to be placed on the youth provided there are reasonable grounds he may commit a terrorism offence.