SURREY, B.C. - A suspect accused of slashing a person's throat on a bus in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend has been charged with four terrorism-related offences in the attack, which left a man with life-threatening injuries.
Court documents show that Abdul Aziz Kawam, born in 1995, faces four counts of committing an offence "for the benefit of a terrorist group" linked to the attack on Saturday.
The terror charges carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Kawam, who was due back in Surrey provincial court Monday, is also facing charges of attempted murder, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and two counts of assault or causing harm with a weapon.
Metro Vancouver Transit Police say an altercation took place on a bus on Saturday near the intersection of 148th Street and Fraser Highway.
Police say one man allegedly took out a knife and slashed the other across the throat, before being arrested at the scene by transit police and Surrey RCMP officers.
