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By Joel Goldenberg
The Suburban

A man was arrested in St. Laurent Friday after death threats he made to an observant Jewish man and others at the corner of St. Louis and Fraser streets.”Your time will come!” says a man wearing a keffiyeh in a video circulating on social media. “You’re a f–king pig! You understand me? I’m just waiting for the king! F–king monkeys! There is one king — Allah!” The individual then walks away. One of the other individuals in the video says “St. Louis and Fraser,” which is in the southwestern part of the borough.

Another video posted by Hampstead Mayor Jeremy Levi, shot from another angle, features the man saying “we will f–king kill you!”

Sid Ali Tamrabet, 28, had been charged Saturday with one count of harassing a woman and her family and two counts of making death threats to several men between Aug. 10 and 15. After appearing in court Monday, Tamrabet was released with conditions, including not communicating with, “harassing, disturbing, following, or spying on” his victims, and not having a weapon. He is to appear in court again Oct. 29. Court documents say he was to have met with a criminologist this past weekend to determine his mental state.

SPVM spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils told The Suburban Friday night, “at around 4:40 p.m., several 911 calls were made regarding a man who allegedly made threatening remarks to a group of citizens near the intersection of Fraser and St. Louis streets in the borough of Saint-Laurent.

“When the police arrived at the scene, they quickly located the suspect, a 28-year-old man. Based on information obtained from witnesses, the police arrested the suspect for making threats and hateful remarks toward a group of citizens.”

The SPVM spokesperson added that “following the arrest, the suspect was transported to the investigation centre where he was met by investigators. The suspect [remained] in custody until his appearance in Quebec Court.”

Chevrèfils explained that the “hate crimes and incidents unit will be informed of the case, but since the police were able to quickly locate the suspect following the 911 call and immediately proceeded to arrest him, the case was immediately taken over by investigators from the Western Region, as we had a detainee to meet and a case to submit to the DPCP following the arrest.”

On Sunday, Rabbi Saul Emanuel of the Jewish Community Council of Montreal revealed that one of those threatened is an employee of the JCC, “a man simply doing his job, serving our community, and ensuring that Jewish life in Montreal continues to flourish. To threaten him is to threaten the very institutions that anchor Jewish life in this city.”

The incident comes a week after an observant Jewish man was beaten in Park Extension as his daughters watched. Sergio Yanes Preciado was arrested and he is receiving a psychological evaluation at Pinel.

The Centre For Israel and Jewish Affairs and Federation CJA released a statement Friday saying that “thanks to focused and specific pictures of the individual, the Community Security Network (CSN) has been able to work with the SPVM to identify him. Today, an arrest was made. We will continue to engage appropriately as this case advances. We are pleased to see that an arrest came fast, thanks to our collaboration with our security partners. Those who seek to threaten members of our community must be held accountable. If you see something, say something. Report any suspicious activity to Federation CJA at 514-343-4343 or via http://federationcja.org.” n