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School instructor facing sex assault charges in Mississauga: Police

A Peel Regional Police logo is shown in Brampton, Ont., Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

A man has been arrested and charged after allegedly sexually assaulting two children while working as an instructor in a Mississauga school.

Peel Regional Police say that the assaults happened in September. Police did not identify the school where the assaults happened, however they said that it was at a “religious school.”

“In September 2024, the suspect male was working as an instructor at a religious school in the city of Mississauga,” a news release reads. “While working at the school, it is alleged that he sexually assaulted two children.”

The male has been identified as 32-year-old Ahmed Alhajahmed. Alhajahmed has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference.

Police say that Alhajahmed was held pending a bail hearing and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton at a later date.