ISIS claims responsibility for Toronto shooting after cops claim it’s not terrorism

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Source: Jihad Watch, BY 

Now will come the claims that the Islamic State (ISIS) claims everything, even the weather, but that is not true. It does not have a record of claiming credit for attacks in which it had no involvement. The one big sticking point is the Las Vegas massacre, but that has never been adequately explained in any case.

“ISIS claims responsibility for Toronto attack after police say shooting not linked to terrorism,” by Justin Doom, ABC News, July 25, 2018:

Almost three days after two people were shot and killed in Toronto, and after local authorities said their killings had nothing to do with terrorism, ISIS has claimed credit for the attack.

A statement from the group’s Amaq agency, translated from Arabic, reads in part:

“The person who carried out the attack on the city of Toronto in south-east Canada on Sunday evening is one of the soldiers of the Islamic State and he carried out the attack in response to calls for targeting citizens of the coalition countries.”

The 29-year-old suspect, Faisal Hussain, who killed an 18-year-old and a 10-year-old and injured 13 others, also died on Sunday….