A Toronto man already facing terror-related and conspiracy to commit murder charges has become the first person in Canada to be charged with war crimes as a result of a national security investigation, the RCMP says.
Ahmed Eldidi, 62, who was previously charged back in July, is now charged with four war crimes-related offences, the RCMP said in a news release on Tuesday.
Eldidi faces the following charges under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crime Act:
- war crime of murder against a protected person in a non-international armed conflict
- war crime of mutilation against a protected person in a non-international armed conflict
- war crime of torture against a protected person in a non-international armed conflict
- war crime of outrages upon personal dignity against a protected person in a non-international armed conflict
The RCMP’s Central Region GTA Integrated National Security Enforcement Team laid the charges, the news release stated.
Police said the new charges against the Toronto man were laid “following the approval of a direct …