British Columbia. terror plot: Police say Canadian suspects inspired by Al Qaeda

By artappraiser on Tue, 07/02/2013 - 8:15pm |

By Allan Woods & Wendy Gillis, Toronto Star, July 2, 2013

Police say two Canadians who were inspired by Al Qaeda and adopted techniques similar to the Boston Marathon bombers, have been arrested in a thwarted plot to attack the British Columbia legislature on Canada Day.

RCMP national security teams on the West Coast have been tracking John Stewart Nuttall, originally from Victoria, and St. Catharines, Ont.-native Amanda Marie Korody since February and swooped in to make an arrest in Abbotsford, B.C., on July 1, police said Tuesday.

On display for reporters at a press conference were pictures of three pressure cooker devices seized in the arrest [.....]

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