Witness describes hearing details of alleged Mississauga, Ont. terror plot
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Court heard from the Crown’s star witness Tuesday in the case of an alleged terrorist plot to shoot an entire family at their Mississauga restaurant.
Court heard from the Crown’s star witness Tuesday in the case of an alleged terrorist plot to shoot an entire family at their Mississauga restaurant.
Mikhail Aras said he was at the group’s warehouse to see the alleged shooter, Anand Nath, come out of the trunk of the car he had been hiding in as the getaway car returned from its mission in May of 2021, and was eventually invited into their confidence – but he went to the police instead.
“The trunk opens, Anand comes out with his hoodie strings tied. His eyes were – I don’t know how to describe it. Soulless. In shock. Wide open,” Aras testified.
“I asked him what happened. He said, ‘Nothing. We’ve got to pray,’” Aras said.
That was among several extraordinary moments in Aras’s testimony in the first-degree murder trial of Anand Nath, Suliman Raza, and Naqash Abbasi.
The trio are accused of the attack on May 29, 2021 in the Chicken Land restaurant. Nath is accused of shooting and killing 25-year-old Naim Akl. Members of his family and an employee were also injured in the shooting. Raza is accused of being the getaway driver, and Abbasi is accused of masterminding the plot. All have pleaded not guilty.
Aras said he met Abbasi at an area mosque years before, and in 2021 Abbasi called him to see if he could let Nath stay with him for a few days. Aras accepted, and Nath moved in with him in late May.
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