"The man allegedly confided in another neighbor about his plans to kill the family and blow up a mosque, using his HVAC skills to tamper with gas lines."
"The father of the targeted family expressed that the accused's consumption of Islamophobic and anti-Muslim content online was deeply disturbing and unsettling."
A 54-year-old man from Newmarket was sentenced to one year of conditional imprisonment for making threats against a mosque and his Muslim neighbor's home. He will serve two-thirds of the sentence under house arrest and is prohibited from living in Newmarket or being within 100 meters of any mosque in Canada. The man was arrested after a hate-motivated incident reported on September 1, 2025, and pleaded guilty to two counts of uttering threats on March 18. Police emphasized that hate has no place in York Region.
Read at www.cbc.ca
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