Hello, Insight Monitor subscribers, and welcome to an interesting edition of our newsletter. Today, I’m exploring a terrorist attack in Canada that flew under the radar, and changes the way we think about terrorism and terrorist threats in Canada. Keep reading to learn more:
In the afternoon of 10 June 2025, someone wearing a long black trench coat, a hat and a mask with a long beak and wielding a sword stalked the halls of Neelin High School in Brandon, Manitoba. At first, students thought it was a joke, but it quickly became clear that the masked figure was out for blood. He attacked 15-year-old student Chinonso Onuke, nearly severing seven of his fingers, and badly injuring him with stab wounds to his chest, forearms, hands and thighs.
Keep reading to learn more about the attack, and how it came to be categorized as a terrorist event in Canada
