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Canadian Guilty In Terrorism Case
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Published: September 26, 2008
BRAMPTON, Ontario - A Toronto man was found guilty Thursday of taking part in the activities of a terrorist group whose bold, if ill-formed, plans included the goal of decapitating Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The defendant was the first of 11 suspects to be tried in the case.
The man, who was the test case for Canada's first anti-terrorism law, introduced in 2001, cannot be named because he was a juvenile when charged.
He was among 18 people, now known as the Toronto 18, who were arrested after a series of police raids in June 2006.
The police and prosecutors said the suspects had planned not only to assassinate Harper, but also to bomb government buildings.
"I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that a terrorist group existed," said Justice John R. Sproat of the Ontario Superior Court.
The New York Times
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