Islamic State responsible for Canada’s weekend shooting that killed two
The terrorist group said the man ‘carried out the attack in response to calls to target nationals of countries of the coalition’ fighting IS in Syria and Iraq
Beirut — On Wednesday, the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for a weekend shooting that killed two people in Canada’s Toronto. The group’s propaganda agency Amaq said the attacker was "one of the soldiers of the IS … he carried out the attack in response to calls to target nationals of countries of the coalition" fighting IS in Syria and Iraq since 2014, it said. Faisal Hussain killed an 18-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl in the shooting rampage on a Toronto street on Sunday evening, Canadian police said. He was found dead near the scene of the shooting after an exchange of gunfire with police. The attack in Toronto’s bustling Greektown neighbourhood at about 10pm on Sunday also wounded 13 people aged 10 to 59, officials said. Hussain’s family members, in a statement to CBC News, denounced his "horrific actions" and said he was suffering from mental problems. They said he had battled "severe mental health challenges, struggling with psychosis and depression his ...
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