US Links Toronto Consulate Shooting to Iraqi National Charged With Terrorism Offences

Toronto police officers investigate outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto on March 10, 2026. The Canadian Press via AP/Frank Gunn

An Iraqi national and Iranian-backed commander charged in the United States with terrorism-related offences has been linked to the shooting that took place outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto in March.

According to a U.S. criminal complaint released May 15 in a federal court in New York, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi and others were allegedly behind two attacks in Canada, including the Toronto Consulate attack and an attack on a synagogue.