Conviction marks first time a Canadian court has ruled that a murder inspired by hatred of women meets the legal threshold of terrorism
stabbed one woman to death and injured another, in what he later confessed was an act of misogynistic violence, is guilty of terrorism, a court ruled on Tuesday.
The man – who under the Youth Criminal Justice Act cannot be named, because he was 17 when he committed the crime –The attack took place in February, 2020, in a massage parlour in the city. During the September hearing, the man admitted he had been inspired by an online community of “incels,” orMen in these groups claim to be unable to find sexual partners. They blame women for this, and their discussions often veer into misogyny and violence.
“He found that the conduct to which the young person had already pleaded guilty met the definition of terrorist activity under the Criminal Code,” Ms. Mathews said. The judge has not yet released his reasons.ever-broadening array of threats from violent extremists In the Toronto man’s guilty plea, he admitted that at noon on Feb. 24, 2020, he had gone to a massage parlour to attack the women he saw working there.
The court heard the man had plotted the violence for months. “I wanted to kill everybody in the building, and I’m happy I got one,” he said when he was arrested.
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