A Calgary man who traveled to Syria to join the militant group Islamic State pleaded guilty Thursday to terrorism-related activities.
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Hussein Borhot, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of participating in terrorism group activity between May 9 and June 7, 2014, and the commission of the offense of kidnapping for a terrorist group while in Syria. The maximum sentence on the second offense is life in prison.
RCMP arrested him in July 2020 after a seven-year investigation which also involved the FBI and US Department of Defense.
An agreed statement of facts says Borhot traveled to Syria through Turkey to join the Islamic State. He signed up as a fighter, received substantial training and excelled as a sniper.
Borhot told the officer that he and some other Islamic State fighters traveled to a village, where they kidnapped a number of opposing fighters, said the document.
He also said he had sworn an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State and expressed a desire to return and fight in Syria.
