A courtroom sketch of three accused men in the Chicken Land shooting trial being linked to the terrorist group of Islamic State. Anand Nath (right) is accused of carrying out the shooting, Suliman Raza (centre) was the alleged getaway driver and Naqash Abbasi (left) was the alleged organizer.
A deadly shooting at a family-owned restaurant in Mississauga three years ago was carried out by three men who pledged allegiance to ISIS and were looking to silence a man who threatened to go to police about their actions, Crown prosecutors allege.A courtroom sketch of three accused men in the Chicken Land shooting trial. Anand Nath is accused of carrying out the shooting, Suliman Raza was the alleged getaway driver and Naqash Abbasi was the alleged organizer.
The three accused include alleged gunman Anand Nath of Mississauga, who was 20 at the time of the shooting; Naqash Abbasi of Brampton, who was 31 at the time; and alleged getaway driver Suliman Raza of Mississauga, who was 25. All three are facing one count of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder.Naim Akl, 25, was killed in a shooting at Chicken Land, on Glen Erin Drive and the Collegeway in Mississauga, on May 29, 2021.
On Monday, jurors also heard from Peel police Const. Arun Adhya who presented material he says was found in Raza's phone when he was arrested on June 9, 2021. The shooting at Chicken Land, on Glen Erin Drive and the Collegeway in Mississauga, on May 29, 2021, left Naim Akl, 25, dead. Akl's mother, father and brother, as well as a family friend were also shot.
Raza's phone contained a seven-minute video of ISIS propaganda that encourages "Mujahdin" around the world to join their cause and states that it is "obligatory" to fight the "kafir," according to the agreed statement of facts obtained by CBC News. On Monday, court heard from Naim's sister, Sandra Akl, who was 13 at the time of the shooting. Sandra, who was not hurt in the incident, testified by video about the terror of watching her family shot.
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