Professional Documents
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Tarek Fatah
It was early morning on the anniversary of 9/11 on September 11,
2013 when Toronto Police Constable Alexi Prodanos, working the
midnight shift, got a call at 6:00 A.M. about a break and entry at the
Islamic Foundation of Toronto, popularly known as the Nugget Mosque
in Scarborough.
Const. Prodanos arrived on the scene, and spoke to the caretaker. He
points to a young man walking away on Nugget Ave. carrying some
bags. The police officer detained the suspect.
He is 23-year-old Nabil Huruy, who two days later will commit a horrific
murder repeatedly stabbing in the face and head with a kitchen knife
Dominic Parker, a Markham firefighter who also served with the 48th
Highlanders1, a reserve unit of the Canadian military in Toronto.
Const. Prodoanos confiscated the clothing and pair of shoes that Huruy
said he took from the donation box in the mosque, and releases him
with a warning not to trespass.
Later, at the preliminary hearing on a first-degree murder charge,
Const. Prodanos would testify that when he detained Huruy, the young
man started talking about Allah, etc.2
The mosque incident is not Huruys only contact with police on that
9/11 anniversary.
At 3:07 p.m., OPP Const. Brian Bailey receives a radio call saying
somebody is standing on the Morningside Bridge overlooking Highway
401. Bailey spots Huruy wearing a metal ring around his neck, which
turns out to be from a traffic sign. Huruy tells police he wanted a piece
of the highway because it was the Highway of Heroes, travelled by
funeral convoys of Canadian Forces personnel killed fighting the
Taliban in Afghanistan, from CFB Trenton to the coroner's office in
Toronto.3
1
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/09/16/markham-firefighter-dominic-parker-attacked-on-danforth
Toronto Police Constable Alexi Prodanos testified on the third day of a three-day preliminary hearing,
on March 12, 2014, at the Superior Court of Justice courthouse at 361 University Avenue. The
preliminary hearing went from March 10 to March 12, 2014. NOTE: I was there in court and have
another witness who heard the same testimony.
3
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/05/13/court_orders_mental_health_assessment_of_man_wh
o_murdered_markham_firefighter.html
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/09/19/markham-firefighters-murder-accused-remanded-in-custody
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/18/accused-in-knife-attack-smiles-in-court
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/18/accused-in-knife-attack-smiles-in-court
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents,_2015
Huruys Saudi birth is mentioned in this one story in the Toronto Sun. Elsewhere he
is referred to as Eritrean. http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/16/judge-orders-psychiatricassessment-for-admitted-killer