RCMP Arrest Youth for Alleged Terrorist Plot Targeting Jewish Community

The suspect is charged with facilitating terrorist activity by communicating instructional material related to an explosive substance.

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

RCMP has arrested an Ottawa youth for allegedly planning a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community.

The suspect was arrested on Dec. 15, and charged with facilitating terrorist activity by communicating instructional material related to an explosive substance. As well, the youth is charged with knowingly instructing a person to carry out terrorist activity against “Jewish persons.”