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UPDATE: Police lay additional charges in bomb threat incident
Police have laid additional charges against a man following an August bomb threat at the United States Consulate in Halifax.
On August 9 at 6:15 p.m., police began investigating a bomb threat that was received by the United States Consulate located in Purdy’s Wharf on Upper Water Street in Halifax. On August 10 at approximately 8:35 a.m., the man who made the threat was located and arrested in Halifax.
Ali Assakereh, 54, was charged in August with:
Uttering threats
Public mischief
On Oct. 22, investigators laid two additional criminal charges:
Hoax regarding terrorist activity
Commit a hoax terrorist activity
Assakereh appeared in Halifax provincial court today to face all four charges. His next court appearance is Nov. 2.
