The fees in opposition to Mohammad Moiz Omar, a 24-year-old Mississauga resident, embody assault with a weapon; administering noxious substance with intent to hazard life or trigger bodily hurt; possession of a weapon for a harmful objective; utter risk to trigger loss of life or bodily hurt; carrying hid weapon; and mischief to spiritual property, in line with the discharge.
The tried assault passed off Saturday round 7 a.m. native time at Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre through the daybreak prayer of Fajr, police mentioned. The mosque mentioned in a Facebook publish the suspect who walked in was additionally armed with “quite a few different sharp edged weapons.”
Noonrani Sairally, who’s been attending the mosque for greater than a decade, informed CNN Monday he heard a noise about seven to 10 minutes after the congregation began morning prayers.
“I heard a hissing noise over the sound system adopted by a scream and after I circled, I noticed this man with a can of bear spray and a hatchet in his hand,” he mentioned.
Sairally mentioned that is when worshippers, who have been lined up in the course of the mosque, instantly approached the attacker and pinned him to the bottom.
“He (the attacker) did not notice the spray was making noise in order that instantly alerted individuals within the first row,” Sairally mentioned. “One of the younger fellows in that row noticed the hatchet and acted in a short time to knock it out of his hand. Then everybody rapidly jumped on him and pushed him to the ground.”
The attacker did not say something as worshippers waited for police to reach as a result of he had inhaled bear spray and was having bother respiration, Sairally mentioned.
Worshippers sustained minor accidents from the bear spray, police mentioned.
Omar had a bail listening to in entrance of the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton on Saturday.
“Violence of any form is unacceptable in our neighborhood and we’re taking this matter extraordinarily critically,” mentioned Superintendent Rob Higgs, commander of 12 Division within the launch. “This is an ongoing investigation led by 12 Division Criminal Investigations Bureau and we’ll proceed to work intently with our neighborhood companions as our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Divisional Mobilization Officers proceed to interact with religion leaders and neighborhood members.”
Mississauga is about 15 miles southwest of Toronto within the province of Ontario.