Two Men Charged in Connection With Pro-Palestine Protest at Toronto Eaton Centre

Published on January 22, 2024

Two Toronto men have been arrested and are facing charges of uttering threats and assaulting a peace officer following a widely criticized anti-Israel protest in downtown Toronto last month. Amro Saeed Ahmad Abufarick, 19, and Malek Said Ahma Abufarick, 34, have been arrested and charged in connection with the Dec. 17 protest in Eaton Centre, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) said in a Jan. 21 press release. The two men blocked a store entrance and prevented employees from closing the store, according to the press release. When police tried to remove the protestors from the area, one man pushed an officer, while the other struck another officer using an umbrella and made verbal threats....

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