WINNIPEG — A man whose brother was beaten and ****** earlier this month has been charged with trying to bring a semi-automatic handgun onboard a flight from Winnipeg to Toronto.

Mohammad Peyawary, a 35-year-old from Toronto, faces several charges including unlawful transport of an unsecured restricted ******* and carrying a concealed ******.

****** said the *** was found inside a carry-on garment bag as a man passed through security on Monday at the James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.

RCMP spokeswoman Tara Seel says the *** was not loaded, the passenger was not carrying any ammunition and there was no risk to the public.

Seel said Peyawary is the brother of Mustafa Peyawary, a 29-year-old who was found **** inside a Winnipeg ********* Aug. 13.

Mustafa Peyawary had been beaten over an extended period of time and suffered massive blunt force trauma, according to Winnipeg ****** _ two men were later charged with first-degree ******.

Seel said any potential motive behind the airport ******** was not immediately clear.

“The ************* is definitely ongoing and we have brought in our experts from the (RCMP) national ******* enforcement support team,” Seel said.

Peyawary remains in ****** custody.

The two men charged in his brother’s ******* are Damir Kulic, 27, of Vancouver and Ahamed Althaaf Ismail, 29, of Edmonton.