Adel Arnaout

Who is Adel Arnaout?

Adel Mohamed Arnaout is an alleged criminal landed Lebanese immigrant of Albanian descent living in Toronto, Ontario, who is accused of sending three letter bombs out to residents of the Greater Toronto area in August 2007.

The first recipient of the letter bomb was Abdelmagid Radi on August 11, who sustained minor injuries on opening the letter. The second bomb was sent to real estate lawyer Terrence Reiber on August 19, who called police after noticing a petroleum-type odour coming form the letter. Police destroyed the letter bomb. Reiber had represented Arnaout in a previous criminal matter. The third bomb was received by Guelph, Ontario resident John Becker on August 22. The device failed to explode. Becker confirmed Arnaout had been a tenant at two of his Guelph properties 3 years earlier before being evicted.

Arnaout had a previous conviction for criminal harassment in April, 2003, for which he received a conditional discharge. The charge stemmed the harassing of managers of a Toronto modelling agency with which he had signed, hoping for a career as a male model. When Arnaout failed to get any work as a model, he allegedly began calling the agency repeatedly and threatening them, claiming to be a member of the Russian mafia.