The RCMP, Canada’s federal police force, announced on Tuesday (Junly 2) they had “arrested two individuals and charged them with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack.”
According to the police the two, a man and a woman, “took steps to build explosive devices and place them” at the legislature of the province of British Columbia in the city of Victoria where crowds were expected to gather on Canada Day, July 1, the national holiday.
During a morning press conference the RCMP said the Canadian-born accused, John Stuart Nuttall and Amanda Korody, were “inspired by Al Qaeda ideology”, were “self-radicalized”, and not part of a larger group. Journalists failed to get a clarification from RCMP officers what “inspired by Al Qaeda ideology” meant.
“In order to ensure public safety, we employed a variety of complex investigative and covert techniques to control any opportunity the suspects had to commit harm,” said RCMP Assistant Commissioner Wayne Rideout during the press conference.
“These devices were completely under our control, they were inert, and at no time represented a threat to public safety.”
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda has a report on the press conference, and comments by British Columbia’s Premier Christy Clark and Canada’s Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.
More information:
Press release – RCMP Arrests Two Individuals for Terrorism-related Charges – here
Vancouver Sun – Accused terrorists were recovering addicts on welfare – here
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