Mississauga man pleads guilty to trying to join Islamic State militants in Syria
Posted February 1, 2019 12:26 pm.
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A 29-year-old Mississauga man has pleaded guilty to leaving Canada to try to join Islamic State militants in Syria.
Pamir Hakimzadah pleaded guilty Friday in a Toronto court to one count of leaving Canada to participate in a terrorist activity.
Crown attorney Christopher Walsh says in an agreed statement of facts that Hakimzadah left Canada on Oct. 22, 2014 and flew to Turkey where he tried to find a way into Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
He says a taxi driver in Turkey suspected Hakimzadah was attempting to join Islamic militants and turned him over to police.
Turkish authorities banned Hakimzadah from the country for a year and deported him back to Canada.
The prosecutor says Hakimzadah admitted to trying to join the militants, which is when his family reported him to police.
