Canada: Muslim opens fire at Edmonton City Hall, cites Gaza as reason, authorities search for motive

He spoke about other things as well, and therefore, according to the National Council of Canadian Muslims and others cited in the report below, he could not have been a jihadi; he was, says the NCCM, “alt-right.” Of course the establishment media goes along with this wholeheartedly, always eager to exonerate Islam for crimes done in its name and in accord with its teachings.

Edmonton City Hall witnessed a chilling attack yesterday. The suspected terrorist, Bezhani Sarvar, began with the Arabic greeting 'wa alaykum salam,' and proceeded to list the ‘genocide’ in Gaza as part of his motivation. He was armed with a long gun, fired multiple rounds and… https://t.co/GsXVtnSSzb

— CG Idit Shamir 🎗️ (@ShamirIdit) January 25, 2024

Global News is literally on the side of the terrorists.

How do you leave out that the shooter recorded a video citing Gaza as a reason to attack Edmonton’s city hall, and ended with a Muslim greeting?

Never trust @globalnews.https://t.co/pNwLhaHucK

— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) January 25, 2024

“Police charge security guard after attack on Edmonton city hall; national security police probing incident,” by Jonny Wakefield and Jackie Carmichael, Edmonton Journal, January 24, 2024 (thanks to the Geller Report):

A man accused of firing a gun and throwing homemade bombs in Edmonton city hall is facing a string of charges and is under investigation by national security police.

Police on Wednesday charged Bezhani Sarvar, 28, with six crimes including possession of incendiary material, arson, throwing explosives with intent to cause harm and reckless use of a weapon. The Commissionaires, which provides security services at city hall and other government buildings, confirmed Sarvar worked as a security guard for the company.

Edmonton city police continue to probe the incident alongside the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team. In a statement Wednesday, EPS Chief Dale McFee said police are also reviewing an apparent manifesto video “that may be related to this incident.” …

City hall was locked down and evacuated Tuesday morning after a man armed with a long-gun entered the building through the parkade, fired shots and threw a Molotov cocktail. Councillors — some of whom were in a committee meeting at city hall — were told there was an “active shooter” in the building, while Grade 1 kids on a field trip sheltered in place or were whisked to safety.

Police said the man fired several rounds into the ceiling, walls and windows but did not strike any people. He later dropped the weapon and surrendered to an unarmed security guard — another Commissionaires employee who served seven years in the Canadian army as an infantryman — who detained him until police arrived….

News of charges comes after a video surfaced on YouTube in which a man wearing a Commissionaires security jacket discusses his “mission” while seated behind the wheel of a car. The clip has since been deleted.

The speaker greets the viewer in Arabic, then tells the viewer he is “not a psychopath, I do not believe in bloodshed. I am not one of these monsters that hurt children, that hurt innocents, and promote wars.”

Over the next four minutes, the speaker jumps from topic to topic, attacking everything from “tyranny” and “corruption” to “the wokeism disease,” multiculturalism and the war in Gaza. He also mentions housing affordability, clean water, immigration, taxes, racism and inflation, and urges “respect for Canadian laws.”…

John McCoy, executive director of the Organization for the Prevention of Violence, an Edmonton group that monitors and aims to stop hate-motivated violence, said the speaker’s monologue struck him as an example of what experts call “salad bar extremism.”

“It’s a mishmash of grievances, ideologies, often layered with mental health issues or mental health disorders,” he said.

Salad bar extremism differs from more traditional extremism, which is often more ideologically rigid and based on group membership, McCoy said. He likened the stream of topics in the speaker’s video to clips on the social media platform TikTok.

“Increasingly, younger people seem to be taking a little bit of this and a little bit of that from different belief systems,” he said. “And I think you can see this in his comments.”

The National Council of Canadian Muslims issued a statement on the attack, saying it is “horrified and shocked” by what happened and thanked first responders.

“While more investigation needs to occur, based on an alleged video manifesto, the attacker appears to have provided a plethora of reasons for his attack but does seem to have been primarily motivated by an alt-right agenda involving concerns around municipal taxes, inflation, the cost of living, and hatred for multiculturalism,” the council stated. “We encourage Canadians to allow the investigation to continue before coming to any conclusions.” …