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| Two suspects charged in British Columbia 'terror plot' | Two suspects charged in British Columbia 'terror plot' |
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| Two people have been arrested in the Canadian province of British Columbia and accused of plotting to plant a bomb outside the provincial legislature on Canada Day, police have said. | Two people have been arrested in the Canadian province of British Columbia and accused of plotting to plant a bomb outside the provincial legislature on Canada Day, police have said. |
| John Stewart Nuttall and Amanda Marie Korody were self-radicalised and inspired by al-Qaeda, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have said. | John Stewart Nuttall and Amanda Marie Korody were self-radicalised and inspired by al-Qaeda, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have said. |
| The pair from Surrey, British Columbia, were arrested on Monday. | |
| They are not believed to have been in contact with other militant groups. | They are not believed to have been in contact with other militant groups. |
| "Our investigation demonstrated that this was a domestic threat, without international linkages," said Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Assistant Commissioner James Malizia. | |
| At a press briefing on Tuesday, RCMP officials said the pair had been charged with conspiring to place an explosive in a public place with the intent of causing death or serious injury and with possessing a device to cause an explosion. | |
| They also face one count of knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity. | |
| Their arrests are the result of a probe launched in February under an operation known as Project Souvenir, authorities said. | Their arrests are the result of a probe launched in February under an operation known as Project Souvenir, authorities said. |
| "The suspects were committed to acts of violence and discussed a wide variety of targets and techniques," said Assistant Commissioner Wayne Rideout. | |
| He added that there had not been a threat to public safety and that authorities had intervened to make sure the devices were not dangerous. | |
| "These devices were completely under our control, they were inert, and at no time represented a threat to public safety," the assistant commissioner added. |