Bezhani Sarvar has been charged in yesterday’s terror attack at Edmonton City Hall.

Edmonton City Hall shooting suspect was a security guard, released manifestos

Posted January 24, 2024 2:19 pm
Updated January 24, 2024 8:56 pm

Among the reasons he gave in a video recorded just before he entered the building was to ‘rise against’ leaders ‘responsible for genocide in Gaza’.

Charges have been filed in court against a 28-year-old man named Bezhani Sarvar.

Sarvar is charged with reckless arson in an occupied property, possessing incendiary materials (Molotov cocktail), use of a firearm while committing an offence, careless use of a firearm (assault rifle), throwing an explosive substance and discharging a firearm into a building.

Police said late Wednesday afternoon an initial charge of knowingly possessing an unauthorized firearm was going to be dropped.