Khan was arrested for the Mississauga incident on Aug. 18, and at the time, Peel police said they were searching for two more suspects, described as Middle Eastern males, late teens to mid-twenties.

In Khan’s Toronto home, police said, they found two loaded prohibited firearms: an AR-style rifle capable of automatic fire and a pistol, both equipped with prohibited high-capacity magazines, along with over 110 rounds of ammunition. At the time of arrest, Khan was on probation for prior violent offences and prohibited from possessing firearms.

In late August, the two other men, Sadaat and Azizov were arrested.

“What began as armed, coordinated attempts to kidnap women led to significant arrests and charges, stopping a dangerous escalation of hate-motivated crimes and terrorism across the Greater Toronto Area and beyond,” said Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah.

“The evidence gathered expanded the scope of the investigation to include additional offences motivated by hate — particularly targeting women and members of the Jewish community. Investigators also uncovered links to terrorism, prompting a separate but parallel RCMP investigation,” Toronto police said in a release.

Friday’s announcement comes five days after the devastating massacre at Bondi Beach in Australia when two suspected jihadists shot and killed 15 people and wounded dozens more at a Jewish community event celebrating Hanukkah.

A court-imposed publication ban is in place in the Canadian charges preventing publication of some details in the case.

Khan was arrested again on Nov. 26, this time by the RCMP, and charged with terrorism offences. His terror charges relate to alleged actions between June 17 and Aug. 17.

“Waleed Khan did participate in the activities of a terrorist group by making himself, in response to instructions from any of the persons who constitute a terrorist group, available to facilitate or commit a terrorism offence or an act or omission outside Canada,” reads one charge.

“Khan did commit an indictable offence, to wit conspiracy to commit murder, for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a terrorist group,” reads another.

A charge of participating in the activities of a terrorist group alleges he provided property to be used to carry out terrorist activity or benefit someone to carry out a terror activity, and another to fund a terrorist group. One charge alleges providing property to fund a terrorist group and another for using social media accounts to the benefit of a terrorist group.

He is also charge with conspiring with persons known and unknown to commit murder.

The federal charges were laid by the Central Region’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET), which is an RCMP-led joint task force focusing on threats to national security, criminal extremism and terrorism.

“The evidence was of significant concern and from the outset public safety was treated as our highest priority,” said RCMP Assistant Commissioner Matt Peggs. “This case demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that those who threaten the safety of communities in Canada will be held accountable.”

The RCMP said the investigation is ongoing.

Jewish community leaders are grateful for police arrests but fear danger looms.

“The details of the investigation indicate a grave threat, involving the Islamic State and attempts to target women and Jewish Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area,” said Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.

“This goes far beyond the safety of any one group. It is a matter of national security and public safety. There is a ticking time bomb in our country that our leaders must confront before it’s too late. As we saw in Sydney, we are one intelligence failure away from a devastating loss of life. A lack of urgency on the part of our leaders puts Canadians in danger.”

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