Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy

• National security review agency looking at complaint over arrest of Canadian ISIS recruit

  Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy was arrested in New Jersey in 2016 over an ISIS plot to attack New York City.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2020
  
• Canadian who plotted New York terror attack appeals 40-year sentence

  El Bahnasawy pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in District Court for the Southern District of New York later in 2016.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2019
  
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• Canadian sentenced to 40 years for ISIS plot to attack Times Square, subway

  Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy sentenced to 40 years for plotting ISIS terrorist attacks in New York City.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2018
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• Undercover informant encouraged ‘vulnerable’ Canadian ISIS plotter, defence argues

  “While the undercover’s violent and encouraging comments to Mr. El Bahnasawy no doubt advanced law-enforcement objectives, they also contributed to Mr. El Bahnasawy’s radicalization,” defence lawyers said.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2018
• He plotted to bomb Times Square for ISIS. Records show he’s mentally ill. Is he a terrorist?

  Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy faces a possible life sentence next week, but his mother insists his case is not what it seems.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2018
• Canadian who plotted NYC terror attacks should spend life in prison: U.S. prosecutors

  Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 20, of Mississauga, Ontario, pleaded guilty in 2016 to planning bombings and mass shootings at the request of a high-level member of the Islamic State group.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2018
• Canadian pledged allegiance to ISIS and vowed to kill in messages on prison cell wall, U.S. prosecutors say

  "I wanna create the next 9/11," he told an undercover informant.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2018
• Canadian ISIS plotter could test government’s rehabilitation strategy

  Abdulrahman El-Bahnasawy’s lawyers have asked for a short sentence for the Mississauga, Ont. resident so he can return to Canada to undergo mental health treatment and counselling.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2018
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• Sentencing delayed for Canadian who plotted ISIS attack as defence prepares medical reports

  Originally scheduled for March 1, Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy's sentencing hearing was moved to April 9.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2018
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• ‘I agreed to support ISIS’: transcript of Canadian’s confession about New York terror plot

  Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy confessed to an ISIS-inspired plot to target key New York City landmarks.

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2017