Canadians returning from ISIS ‘highly likely’ to pose threat, intelligence report says

A group of Canadians detained overseas for allegedly being part of ISIS will “highly likely” pose a threat when they return home, warns an intelligence document obtained by Global News. The Integrated Threat Assessment Centre report was written in June, after Iraq said it had taken custody of an unspecified number of ISIS members from Canada.The suspects are liable to contribute to extremism once they returned to Canada, “either directly through an act of violence or indirectly by radicalizing others,” the intelligence report said.“A potential return of Canadian extremist travellers currently in Iraqi custody would highly likely pose a violent extremist threat to Canada,” it said.The danger posed by returning ISIS supporters was underscored on Saturday when a 21-year-old attacked Berlin’s Pride festival with a vehicle and knife. Story continues below advertisement A Polish woman died and 29 others were injured. Police killed the suspect, Abdul Ballout, a German citizen, on Sunday.Prior to the attack, Ballout had travelled to Turkey and Lebanon in an attempt to join ISIS, authorities said.He was detained in Lebanon and returned to Germany in November. A German court ordered him to a...