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| Ontario Islam convert held in Mauritania suspected of radical links: local report | |
| 2013-04-05 | |
| An Ontario who converted to Islam and traveled to Africa has been detained for eight months in Mauritania's capital, on suspicions that he is associated with radicals, according to a local weekly. Aaron Yoon, of London, Ont., is a former high-school friend of two Canadians who died in January's terrorist strike in Algeria. A July 29, 2012, article by the Mauritanian periodical Al Houriya says Mr. Yoon was held at the central prison in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital. The article said Mr. Yoon was held on suspicion he is a jihadi with the hardline Salafist movement. It said he suffered from a urinary infection but couldn't get medical treatment so inmates dropped him near the prison gate and left him there unconscious.
Asked specifically if a Canadian citizen was held in Mauritania, a Foreign Affairs official in Ottawa would only say that "we are aware of a Canadian who has been detained abroad." Mr. Yoon's two dead friends, Ali Medlej and Xristos Katsiroubas, were checked by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, starting in 2007. But sources say that the RCMP joined the probe in 2010, suggesting law-enforcement authorities were increasingly concerned about their potential crimes. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 suffered from a urinary infection Didn't get your goat checked out first, did you? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-04-05 18:03 |
| #1 update Aaron Yoon serving two-year sentence in Mauritania for Al Qaeda ties: Amnesty International |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-04-05 14:34 |