MONTREAL — A Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York Metropolis has been transferred to a provincial detention centre in Montreal from Rimouski, Que.
MONTREAL — A Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York Metropolis has been transferred to a provincial detention centre in Montreal from Rimouski, Que.
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, who appeared in Quebec Superior Court docket this morning, was transferred to the jail within the metropolis’s east finish on Thursday, however his lawyer says he hasn’t but been capable of assessment court docket paperwork along with his shopper in individual.
Khan, a Pakistani nationwide residing in Ontario, was arrested Sept. 4 in Ormstown, Que., allegedly on his strategy to perform a mass taking pictures in help of the Islamic State at a Jewish centre in Brooklyn round Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas assault on Israel.
United States officers charged Khan with one rely of trying to supply materials help and sources to a terrorist group, and Canada has agreed to a request to have him extradited to face trial.
A Superior Court docket choose right this moment stated the case will return to court docket on Jan. 17, at which level a date for Khan’s extradition listening to might be scheduled, including that the case must be “dealt with expeditiously.”
Khan was beforehand held in Rimouski, a whole bunch of kilometres from Montreal, however his lawyer requested that he be transferred to the Montreal area as a result of it was troublesome to speak remotely along with his shopper and since Khan doesn’t converse French.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 20, 2024.
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