Vancouver police make arrest at home with links to designated terrorist group [Video]

Vancouver police say one person was taken into custody as part of a hate crimes investigation after a search warrant was executed at a home in the 1800 block of East 1st Avenue near Victoria Drive.

That person, who police have not identified, has now been released pending completion of the investigation, according to VPD spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison. 

CBC has confirmed the home is that of Charlotte Lynne Kates, a director of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. 

Last month, the Canadian government designated Samidoun as a terrorist entity in a joint action with the U.S.

Kates was arrested and released by the VPD in May after video of a rally was posted on social media showing her praising the Hamas attack on Israel and calling a number of terrorist organizations heroes.

Charlotte Kates gave a speech in favour of Hamas at a rally outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on April 26. Video circulated of the event has since led to a hate crime investigation by the …