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Terrorism charges have been laid in the case of an Edmonton security guard accused of firing a rifle and lobbing firebombs inside city hall in January.
The Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) charged the man Saturday with counselling commission of terrorism offence and possession of property for terrorist purposes, said RCMP in a Monday news release.
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During the Jan. 23 city hall attack, a gunman entered the civic building through the parkade, fired a rifle and tossed a homemade Molotov cocktail before surrendering to an unarmed security guard. Charges laid by Edmonton city police include possession of incendiary material, arson, throwing explosives with intent to cause harm and reckless use of a weapon.
“The criminal investigation is ongoing and now before the court and, as such, the RCMP will not be making any further comments at this time,” police said in the news release.
The attack left bullet holes in walls, destroyed six glass banisters and one exterior window, and left scorched burn marks on the atrium floor. No one was injured.
The estimated cost of the repairs to city hall is $100,000.
The accused, and the guard who arrested him, were Canadian Corps of Commissionaires employees. Commissionaires said the man started with the company in 2019 and worked at locations around Edmonton, though never at city hall.
The man appears to be the same person in a manifesto-style video posted to YouTube the day of the shooting. The video, titled “Rise up,” shows a man in the driver’s seat of a car wearing a Commissionaires jacket. He tells viewers he is about to complete a “mission” and that he is “not a psychopath” or “one of these monsters that hurt children.”
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