Yet CBS News reported Tuesday that “investigators in Canada have indications that Faisal Hussain visited Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) websites and may have expressed support for the terrorist group, a law enforcement source told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton.”
That seems to have been forgotten utterly today.
“Toronto police: No evidence for Islamic State attack claim,” by Rob Gillies, Associated Press, July 25, 2018:
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said Wednesday officials have found no evidence to support the Islamic State group’s claim of responsibility for Sunday’s mass shooting in Toronto that killed two and injured 13.
The Islamic State claimed that one of its “soldiers” carried out the attack in response to its calls to target citizens of the U.S-led coalition battling it. The claim appears on one of the group’s social media channels, and a security member of IS was quoted speaking to the group’s Amaq news agency.
Saunders said in a statement that all areas of the Toronto Police Service have been involved in the investigation and they have received assistance from law enforcement partners at every level.
“At this stage, we have no evidence to support these claims,” Saunders said.
Saunders said officials will continue to explore every investigative avenue, including interviews and reviewing the online activity and mental health experiences of dead gunman Faisal Hussain.
Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has also said there was no national security risk following the attack….
Mary says
What did we expect? The truth? Not happening.
Michael Copeland says
“No evidence”?
As Ian Hislop famously said, “And I am a banana”.
Andy says
Fake News Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders & MSM!!
Keep drinking that Kool-Aid of the “religion of peace” cover-up!
Andy says
Jihadi Justin Trudeau is a Traitor to Canada just like his dead daddy (PET) Pierre Elliot Trudeau was.
Pierre Trudeau was a Communist
https://rightedition.com/2017/07/10/pierre-trudeau-communist/
Media hides Toronto shooter’s Islamic terror links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWrN0uIP8fU
Awenda says
I guess ISIS claiming responsibility isn’t enough.
skep says
If Hussain had all the mental problems that were reported, there should be documentation to that somewhere.
Andy says
Why the cover-up??? What are you afraid of?
THE TRUTH!
Look at the leftie/liberal/commie talk BS!
“I don’t care about ISIS!” Teacher screams at Toronto shooting memorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXl4wPSb4Fk
Andy says
What is it going to take to WAKE PEOPLE UP!!!!
Is Toronto (dare I say it) becoming a sh-thole?
As the great Michael Savage has stated:
“LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVMm4tJSVmU
Andy says
Mayor Tory bans ALL guns in Toronto (except the ones that protect him)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZPr7Je9n8
Giacomo Latta says
Two degrees in political science and she teaches high school? Well, that explains the downfall of Canadian society.
John Forbes says
This NUT TEACHES WHAT & WHERE?
Total KOOK!
Toronto has a higher rate of murder then New York!
The LEFTIST answer to everything – SPEND MORE PUBLIC MONEY!!
John Forbes says
Strange that TRUDEAU has not leapt in here with an excuse!
Protection for a Muslim Mass killer ??
Andy says
Trudope is still getting the 10.5 million together for the terrorists family!
Jay says
I know right!! Let’s demand we the people see the proof of this supposed mental illness, but let’s punish legal gun owners because this last shooting saw another gun pull its own trigger and murder 2 beautiful young ladies, liberalism=mental illness!!
Buraq says
“Sherlock! They shot the killer, found the gun and have evidence of a motive. What do you think?”
“Run that one past me again, Dr Watson. I’m not sure.”
“Ha-ha-ha-ha, Sherlock. I didn’t know you had such a sense of humor.”
Older Canadian says
Not surprised of your announcement Chief Saunders, but this doesn’t change the deed. Please call it what it was.
I guess when this murderer went to Pakistan and Afghanistan as reported in the Toronto Sun and other MSM, he was just visiting, out of curiosity, and not a “foreign world traveller” as suggested by some.
Linda says
ISIS does not usually claim responsibility for attacks they didn’t do. I believe them. Chief Saunders is just following the Liberal narrative and trying to put lipstick on a pig.
Tim Keizer says
Exactly! All the evidence they need is in front of them! If they cant confirm terrorism disprove and rule out mental illness! I dont mean to instruct the cops on how to do their jobs but I have been doing it or 2 decades evidenced by my facebook page
which exposes murder 1 etc by Hamilton cops and accomplices!
Steve says
I’m sure the rabbit hole has been very busy these last couple of days.
Mary says
The rabbit hole is now a sink hole to accommodate all the idiots who believe in the “religion of peace” BS.
Older Canadian says
Yes the Mad Hatter is running the tea party.
underbed cat says
In Canada the M-103 bill passed legislation to make it a crime of speech to speak about “jihad” that connects to Islam. This is sharia law implemented in a western country, sharia law is the law of Islam, and is considered hate speech so that the perpetrator of an attack that results in death or injury will be just a random mental illness crime, meant to protect Islam against criticism, the victim of the attack however cannot speak about a jihad attack if when it in fact it occurs. The press or media is also silenced…and if you were to connect it to Islam you will be either arrested or fined or both. Jihad is warfare against citizens in the name of Allah and this warfare is written in the Quran, that is taught in mosques. But you cannot say it or think it without being called a racist….when in fact it can be used by many races….if they decide to act….but is denied at all times so as to no offend. Behavior motivated doctrine are difficult to explain if no one speaks, but easy to identify when it gets so frequently defend by the sharia law of said doctrine. So the news media might say that isis is not connected to Islam but is defeated unless you count the mosques in the U.S and Canada….or U.K. where a young man lingers and life is in danger for speaking about the doctrine that can;’t be spoken. Crazy….and very dangerous.
Terry Gain says
M-103 is not a bill. It was a motion requiring the government to address the “problem of Islamophobia”. The motion was an attack on free speech but It is not yet a crime in Canada to criticize Islam.
You are correct that M-103 is dangerous as it may lead to blasphemy legislation. I doubt that any such attempt to stifle free speech will survive a Charrter challenge.
Jim Heller says
Yes and no. The resolution gives the governement justification to allocate resources to address the “problem” which they’re planning to do by giving 25 million to the NCCM (CAIR in Canada).
underbed cat says
Isis is defeated. Islam has been hijacked and misinterpreted …..mosques are flooding the states and the world. Death and injury by mental illness is spreading.This is insanity on steroids
Joe says
Mental illness is contagious. Justin passed his down to this poor police chief.
FleetwoodBry says
You got that one right, the police chief is indeed insane if he truly believes his bs speech!
Dave R. says
Yes Islam has been misinterpreted by liberal fools to think it’s a religion that teaches peace. It teaches conquest and domination, Muhammad was a terrorist and a pedophile.
Kiki says
The shooter may very well have had mental issues….but if he was checking out ISIS sites, that’s a red-flag.
It sounds like, while ISIS may not have directed the attack, their propaganda played a role in getting a guy with mental issues to act–so they’re at least partly responsible for what happened. (More than partly, more like mostly.)
I think what’s confusing law enforcement is that, in the old days, terrorist attacks were planned directly by these groups. But with the internet and propaganda, this adds a whole new type of terrorist: one who doesn’t plan with the group, but one who follows their words. One much harder to verify and track.
The West desperately needs to adjust to the idea of terrorist attacks carried out by sympathizers, not necessarily members.
We need a two-pronged approach, one to combat the terrorist groups themselves, the other to prevent attacks by sympathizers who acted alone.
Norger says
Exactly. And even when the jihadist himself says that his motivation is primarily religious (e g. Omar Mateen, Nidal Hassan, the Tsarnaev brothers) the MSM will twist itself into knots trying to concoct an alternative explanation. If he was questioned by authorities about visiting ISIS websites, that’s a major indicator. Travel to known terrorist hotspots is also a major indicator. (And exactly what is the evidence of this man’s mental illness; was he ever hospitalized or even treated for it?) Absent compelling evidence to the contrary, I would conclude that this was, more likely than not, an Islamic terrorist attack. I understand the authorities need to be careful, but these terror attack post-mortems have long since become farcical.
SAE says
CBS News reported Tuesday that “investigators in Canada have indications that Faisal Hussain visited Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) websites and may have expressed support for the terrorist group…
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Oops!
gravenimage says
Spot on.
Norger says
And I understand he spent a fair amount of time in Pakistan, a known jihadist “hotspot.” He also reportedly had a photo on his Facebook page giving the one fingered ISIS salute in front of the ISIS flag. No evidence my ***.
If a white person committed a similar act of mass murder, was known to have visited Neo Nazi websites and had a picture of himself giving a “Heil Hitler” salute in front of a Nazi flag, there would be exactly zero handwringing by political leaders, the police or the media as to what motivated that person to kill. (Nor should there be). The double standard is so ludicrous it would be laughable if it were not so serious,
DAN CELLI says
Covering for a Jihadist. Doing that, is supporting killing of innocent people. The helping of Jihadist encourages more killings. Now there are 2 groups that encourage more murders.
Jaladhi says
Faisal Hussain doesn’t have to take orders from ISIS – all he was doing was to follow what is written in Quran that is to kill infidels and non-believers to please allah!! What is so difficult to make this connection instead of looking for some illusionary “motive”!
Michael Copeland says
“doing exactly what this book says” – Allen West.
Bacherbazistan says
He was following the general isis order to muslims to kill infidels by whatever means they can.
gravenimage says
*Exactly*, Jaladhi.
Dov Berrol says
Has anyone, anywhere, answered the million dollar question: how did this supposedly mentally unstable Muslim get a gun in Toronto? It’s not as if handguns are on sale along with donuts at the local Tim Horton’s. Who gave him the gun?
Or will the MSM cover this up as well?
Linda says
His brother had guns because he was into gang activity some years ago. He may have had a gun from that time or due to those connections.
WPM says
If they cannot get a guns they use trucks, planes ,make shift bombs , axes anything they get their Islamic hands on. Guns are hard to get in Canada ,Jihad is easy to come by covering it up is SOP in the western MSM. The standard ban guns, mental illness cause this, the lost of a job, girl friend, how come non-Moslems after losing their jobs or girl friends not going on killing sprees there would be thousands if this was the root cause ?True Islam following it is a violent mental illness ,it creates criminally insane people .
Ric says
Another ruse to deflect the truth, Canada is under censorship when it comes to Islam, the Cult of Terror. The ruling Liberal Party under the charge of the despotic weenie Trudeau will never reveal the facts of this Terror attack, any incivility or crimes perpetrated by Muslims. The Canadian MSM is a tag-along donkey nodding in agreement to the government’s autocratic and bigoted directive.
Canadians, by and large, have become quintessential sheeple. Liberal Progressivism with its Islamist alliance deploys propaganda by which, not unlike America’s Democrats, the Leftist contagion denies its citizens the truth. One hopes that conservative Canadians will do their utmost to unseat the present government and its tyrannical leader.
Terry Gain says
Until very recently it appeared that Trudeau was headed for defeat in October 2019. Unfortunately, President Trump’s trade war with Canada has improved Trudeau’s chances of being re-elected. The Liberals and the Conservatives are now tied in the polls.
Older Canadian says
Please, a terrorist is less freightening than the thought of trudeau being relected.
Linda says
That’s for sure.
El Guapo says
The firearms office – a policeman – issues a restricted permit – which you cannot get with a ‘long history of severe mental illness’…
So, the cops gave him the weapon, if he had a permit for it.
Fedup says
This evil idiot doesn’t want to make TRUDEAU look bad as he was the one that invited these isis terrorists to roam free. No one in their right mind will believe the police at this point, not when it was mentioned he had online interest in jihadi sites. Just vote Trudeau out!
Andy says
+1
SHUALI says
Very well and succinctly stated. Get Trudeau voted out!!
Bacherbazistan says
Is there any possibility Troodle could be impeached?
jewdog says
I routinely get on aol.com for my old e-mail account and I almost never see any jihad news, even if it’s very bloody. I imagine that that’s a common tendency throughout much of the media. It’s only websites like this where one can learn what’s actually happening in the world of jihad.
Enten says
Only doing what the Koran instructs.
SHUALI says
This is a crock of garbage.
It is very possible that Isis was indeed involved in this event…
‘In a statement quoted by Al Arabiya, ISIS said claimed that the terrorist, 29-year-old Faisal Hussain, “was a soldier of the ISIS and carried out the attack in response to calls to target the citizens of the coalition countries.” (from Israel National News – https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/249511)
duh swami says
Islamo-stupidity kills…The first step toward Islamo-stupidity, is ‘denial of reality’…
dan christensen says
“At this stage, we have no evidence to support these claims,” Saunders said.
Saunders does not disclose anything othe than his own political correctness.
If you ever read Swedish newspapers you instantly recognise the political correctness in this police parrot’s squawk speech.
If all jihad attack ends up with a blame on mental illness, the conclusion must be that every jihadist is sick in the head, besides being a muslim.
We, the christians, are inclined to believe that islam contains psychological elements that generates mental illness combined with a violent outlook on alternative religions. There is plenty of evidence of that.
Bacherbazistan says
Generations of cousin marriages wont help their general mental state.
Bacherbazistan says
A disgrace of a police chief betraying his own people.
DanC says
They cover-up / point elsewhere-anywhere but Islam because they don’t want to escalate / bring mob/vigilante anarchy to the streets. Better keep the serfs in the dark, lie, give them tragedy/soap-opera – whatever but not the Truth. They think we can’t handle the truth. We’re good only for paying taxes & more taxes to pay their big-fat-salaries + vote for them. Again and again.
Saying that Islam has some issues and it’s incompatible with Western civilization is a big NO for them.
gravenimage says
Toronto Police Chief: “No evidence to support” Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for shooting
………………
Yeah–just ignore the Jihadist’s lauding ISIS on his Facebook page. All this means is that he wasn’t personally hanging out with Al Baghdadi…
Bacherbazistan says
No evidence of intelligent life inside his head either, just a Troodle sock puppet.
Guy Forester says
Now, according to Bagdad Bob, our law enforcement excuse maker,…..
I tried to watch the video above with the interviews at the makeshift memorial, but I could not stand it after about 1 minute.
Let’s call it gun violence, mental illness, make signs, burn candles, leave teddy bears and flowers. Let’s do anything except go down to the offices of the elected officials, en masse and demand that they stop this headlong rush to demolish our nations and our systems of law and order. Instead the average bobble head voter will bobble along with all of the taxpayer funded schemes and layers of laws that hobble liberty and reward these invaders with perks that I cannot get. I just need to shut up and pay for them.
Giacomo Latta says
Want to know if Islam was a factor, Chief? Just ask the parents what they think of Jews and if a husband has the right to beat his wife.
Richard Courtemanche says
Alas! Lack of will, moral authority, courage…
3:17 PM
Richard Courtemanche
To Justin Trudeau — Ralph Goodale and 100+ others
Be careful here politicians and police officials! If you try to cover this up (Hussain) under jihadist and traitorous PM’s cone of silence, the public is on to you.
Let’s face it, all these terrorists supposedly under surveillance have never been so. The resources and operations required simply would not be possible. Besides, there’s always the unpredictability.
So, the populace is used as a buffer zone to accommodate most evil foreign elements. After all, a little collateral damage isn’t so bad – right! And, Canadians will continue to die in order to test your unrealistic appeasement program.
What is it that supposedly intelligent and knowledge politicians have problems to grasp? Facing reality and upping the ante! Unfortunately, no one seems to want going there.
Western politicians, in general, have no discernable values, no definable goals and no sense of the citizens and the civilization they are alleged to serve. Many, if not most of the current leadership class, are little more than experts in getting elected. Few have any real-world experience or meaningful education. Politicians have, in general, become confused by delusions of their own adequacy. Beyond words and virtue signaling, they have little to nothing on offer.
Failure of conscience, honour and leadership? Or, is the “Canadian” PM your only impediment!
“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”
~ Winston Churchill ~
https://www.facebook.com/OzraeliAvi/videos/995991377192002/
Lebel says
What should he be saying? he’s right that there is no evidence, we cannot just say “well the Islamic State took credit, so good enough for me”
I think in a jihadwatch world the Chief of Police would begin the press conference with : “Ladies and Gentlemen, the shooter has a Muslim name and based on that we can conclude that this is jihad” – Police need evidence, get that through your heads
gravenimage says
Of course, Lebel knows that Hussein was lauding ISIS in social media. He just hopes *we* don’t know that.
Hogdude says
I love Canada and most of its people. However, the Canadian government has been, and is being, misinforming its people re: the Islamic threat. The government wants to seem the world’s friend and as a result, Islamic-influenced thugs are able to infiltrate the Canadian populace and is expanding their efforts to terrorize Canadians into worshiping Islam. Deadly for the Canadian people.
gravenimage says
+1
Jackie Drewes says
Again us citizens are being led down garden path with cover up. How can the police chief say so soon that there is no link to being terrorist attack. It all just doesn’t add up. Trudeau and liberals majority gov’t are working to make Canada a post nation and to be like EU promoting what will eventually be like police state and with terrorist attacks rapes and thefts that have resulted from their open borders agenda. The left wing media are not giving authentic journalism but only what is politically correct to not offend one group.There is also some cover up promoted with police chief.obviously.;otherwise he wouldn’t conclude so quickly not terrorist attack. This muslim young man was having facebook video of Islamic terrorist on line and went on trips to Syria and Afganistan is it. How can they so quickly say no relation to this attack when it has all signs of a terrorist attack. Also he was trained to use that gun and where did he get it. He was known to police and Cecis.for getting into trouble. This is all swept under rug. All groups and people should be treated equally under the law with no special treatment over others. CBC in Canada is the worst offender giving 24/7 propoganda for the liberal party with the tax payers money and hiding under premise that they are a national broadcasting corp representing all canadians but really are not politically but instead giving free advertising to liberals. Very frustrating to public to be given run around when we want to know all facts.and what is being done to prevent any further attacks. The liberals are not protecting canadians. That is my conclusion. We are like globalist politicians in EU just fallout for their ideology. They should all be voted out and some should be jailed.
Jackie Drewes says
In addition to my comment why was a young man so mentally ill going on trips to Syria and Afghanistan is it. like the parents are saying. Doesn’t add up.to be normal to me. He had so many problems mentally and they tried to get help for him all talk written by someone else not them. Yet he was well enough to go on these extensive trips.to terrorist hot spots. We want to know the whole story not just what those in power want to tell us.