US Links Toronto Consulate Shooting to Iraqi National Charged With Terrorism Offences

US Links Toronto Consulate Shooting to Iraqi National Charged With Terrorism Offences
Toronto police officers investigate outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto on March 10, 2026. The Canadian Press via AP/Frank Gunn
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An Iraqi national and Iranian-backed commander charged in the United States with terrorism-related offences has been linked to the shooting that took place outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto in March.

According to a U.S. criminal complaint released May 15 in a federal court in New York, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi and others were allegedly behind two attacks in Canada, including the Toronto Consulate attack and an attack on a synagogue.