Syrian Jihadists Believed to Have Recruited 6 Young Quebecers

by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi • Mar 3, 2015 at 10:22 am

As usual, Turkey continues to be a crucial transit point for people to enter Syria.

***At least six young Quebecers from Laval and Montreal have left the country in January to join militants in Syria.

According to early information, two of them appear to be young women from Laval, while at least one of the young men is from Montreal. It is not yet known where the other three men are from.

Some of those who left are students at Montreal CEGEP Collège de Maisonneuve.

"We've been informed about three yesterday and in fact, those three names — they were students in our college for the last [semester], but not this [semester]," said Brigitte Desjardins of Collège de Maisonneuve.

They reportedly flew out of Montreal-Trudeau international airport to Turkey as a path into Syria in mid-January.

Two days later, family members alerted the Montreal police department. Cmdr. Ian Lafrenière refused to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.

The file was quickly transferred to the RCMP, who would not comment on the ongoing investigation.***