Two arrests made in attempted terrorist plot in Quebec, Canada
The Canadian authorities have arrested two suspects in a terrorist plot in Quebec (via Hot Air):
Canadian police and intelligence agencies will announce later today they have thwarted a plot to carry out a major terrorist attack, arresting suspects in Ontario and Quebec, CBC News has learned.And towards the end of the Globe and Mail's report, they say:
Highly placed sources tell CBC News the alleged plotters have been under surveillance for more than a year in Quebec and southern Ontario.
The investigation was part of a cross-border operation involving Canadian law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The arrests Monday morning were co-ordinated and executed by a special joint task force of RCMP and CSIS anti-terrorism units, combined with provincial and municipal police forces in Ontario and Quebec.
Several Muslim community leaders were called by Mounties early Monday to drop what they were doing and come at 2:30 p.m. to the RCMP police station near Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.It doesn't surprise me that those terrorists could be jihadists. The Toronto Sun says that a terrorist plot on a train at Niagara River was thwarted, and explains why the FBI was involved in the investigation.
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