RCMP arrest 2 men who plotted attack on Via Rail

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See here: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/world/royal-canadian-mounted-police-announce-two-arrests-in-plot-to-attack-passenger-train

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has charged two people with planning to perform a terror attack on a passenger train.

The arrests were announced during a news conference Monday afternoon in Toronto. Officials say the train they were planning to attack was in the greater Toronto area. The goal of the plot was apparently to derail a passenger train.

However, they say the men posed no imminent threat.

Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser are accused of conspiring to carry out an attack against a VIA passenger train. They have been charged with conspiring to carry out an attack and "conspiring to murder person unknown for the benefit for, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group."

During the news conference, an RCMP official named the terrorist organization as al Qaida. It was further revealed that the were receiving "direction and guidance" from al Qaida elements in Iran. However, investigators say there is no indication that the plot was state sponsored.

Esseghaier lives in Montreal and Jaser lives in Toronto. The men are not Canadian citizens.

They are expected to appear in a Canadian court tomorrow.

VIA Rail is a system of passenger trains that serve many different cities across Canada. The company offers service from both Windsor and Sarnia.

Read more: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/world/royal-canadian-mounted-police-announce-two-arrests-in-plot-to-attack-passenger-train#ixzz2RE9aQrKs

Edited April 22, 2013 by bsd058

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Didn't realize someone already posted this earlier.