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Canada Day terrorist plot unfolds







John Nuttall, 39 and Amanda Kordy, 30 from British Columbia are facing charges for conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack on Canada day. According to a report by police, explosive devices were found placed outside the province’s legislature where thousands of Canadians were gathered for national holiday.

The two are facing charges of conspiring to place explosives in a place of public use with the intent of causing death or serious bodily harm. They are also charged with intentionally facilitating a terrorist activity together with being in possession of explosive devices.

The two appeared in court briefly on Tuesday and the case will be heard on July 9.

“A maximum impact and harm was intended to the citizens of Canada by this self-radicalized behavior plotted to take place at the B.C. legislature on a national holiday.” RCMP Assistant Commissioner Wayne Rideout said. ”They trained themselves and made explosive devices meant to cause injury and death.”

Rideout assured that the devices were completely under control.  He said they were inert and posed as no harm to the public safety. Over the course of investigation, the suspects discussed quite a large number of targets and techniques. This was according to a report by Rideout.

 “Though these charges are shocking, they are rare.” Rideout said during a news conference on Tuesday.

According to the police, they made the arrests of the two terrorists on Monday in Abbotsford, B.C. at around 2 p.m local time.

According to RCMP, the two got their inspirations from the al Qaeda ideology but assured that the threat was domesticated and had no international links. RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia said to reporters that, “There are no indications that the individuals had any links or any information to show they had any support or were acting at the directions of a terrorist group.”

According to local reports the two criminals were a couple and had rented a basement suite in a Surrey home and had been residing there for about three years, this was a statement from their landlord.

There was no motive for the plot given by the Mounties and a few details were revealed on the pair. According to them the charges are related to an investigation dubbed project launched on the basis of information received from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in February.

“The threat was detected early and disrupted,” Malizia said.

Tom Morino who had represented Nuttall in the past said that the allegations stunned him. “That’s the reason for my anxiety to getting the disclosure, have a meeting with my clients and have a discussion with them on the matter,” he said.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark said on Tuesday that the alleged terror plot came as a shock to her and she was grateful that the RCMP took care of it. According to her, the goal of these suspects was not just to inflict damage, but to rob off the Canadians their sense of security. She told the reporters that,” They are filled with hatred of the values that make B.C unique to the rest of the world but we will not let them win.”

The RCMP-led Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams in B.C. is co-ordinating the investigation. This was according to the agency in a new release. Employees from RCMP, Canadian Intelligence Service, and Canada Border Service Agency together with other provincial and municipal law enforcement agencies made up the specialized multi-agency team.


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