In an exclusive interview with CBC News and the Toronto Star, Khdiga Metwally and Osama El Bahnasawy say they realize the gravity of their son's crimes. El Bahnasawy had no criminal record and no history of violence, his parents say. The parents say they have spent two years desperately trying to figure out how this could have happened. A Canadian legal team led by Dennis Edney, who defended former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, will represent El Bahnasawy at sentencing. Five months after his arrest, for example, El Bahnasawy scrawled pro-ISIS messages referencing previous mass attacks on his cell walls.

Source: CBC News March 21, 2018 19:52 UTC