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‘So far, so good:’ Mayor comments on impact of alleged terror group supporter in Enderby

Oct 11, 2019 | 5:25 AM

Enderby’s mayor says concerns about an alleged ISIS supporter living in the community have subsided.

Greg McCune says 38-year-old Othman Hamdan has been living in RDNO Electoral Area F, which is outside the city, for three weeks, since the federal court ordered his release.

“So far, so good. It’s kind of calmed in the community. People are realizing it’s just a matter of time until the deportation part continues. He is being monitored by many agencies on a regular basis so we’ll just count on them doing their thing and being succesful,” Mayor McCune told Vernon Matters.

McCune says there’s been no incidents, and fears have calmed down a lot.

“The first two days we knew it was a reality, I think I was well over 300 emails and phone calls a day, and now I’m at about two a day. It was pretty crazy there for a little bit.”

McCune says Enderby council has called on the federal government to review their policies on how they handle cases like this.

“Our belief of no contact at all with the community that they’re locating somebody in, isn’t satisfactory.”

Hamdan could live in the area for up to a year while the government works on possibly deporting him back to his home country of Jordan.

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