King Charles III leads 20th-anniversary commemoration of 7/7 London bombings
Fifty-two people died and more than 700 were wounded when four British men inspired by al-Qaida blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus during the morning rush hour on July 7, 2005. They were the first suicide bombings on European soil.
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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Prosecutor Samuel Monfette-Tessier told a Montreal courtroom on Monday that he's upgrading the charge against Mohamed Abdullah Warsame using Section 83.27 of the code. The maximum sentence for uttering threats is usually five years, the prosecutor said, but now if the accused is convicted he could spend life in prison. 'This also means the charge of uttering threats is now considered a terrorism offence,' Monfette-Tessier told the court. Warsame, 51, was charged last month with uttering threats after allegedly telling an employee at a Montreal homeless shelter on May 27 that he wanted to build bombs and detonate them on public transit. The Old Brewery Mission, which runs several homeless shelters in Montreal, contacted police. RCMP took charge of the investigation and announced Warsame's arrest on June 5. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read More The Criminal Code article states that a person who is convicted of an offence that normally carries a lesser term of imprisonment can be given a life sentence 'where the act or omission constituting the offence also constitutes a terrorist activity.' Monfette-Tessier says he thinks the case marks the first time in Quebec that the Criminal Code section has been used. 'What this means is that the act that he is alleged to have committed would also be a terrorist activity under the Criminal Code, which means for a greater punishment,' he told reporters outside the courtroom. 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