A young man who stormed into a mosque discharging bear spray and carrying a hatchet Saturday morning near Toronto was subdued by worshipers.
Mohammad Moiz Omar, 24, was arrested around 7 a.m. at Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, police said. The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
Omar entered the building during morning prayers and immediately started spraying the bear spray, according to police. He was holding a hatchet and “other sharp edged weapons,” the mosque said in a Facebook post.
