Image
released by the RCMP shows the improvised explosive device (IED)
created with a pressure cooker and filled with rusted nails. (Photo:
RCMP)
SURREY, British Columbia (TheBlaze/AP) —
Police in Canada have arrested and charged a man and woman with
terrorism for attempting to leave pressure cooker bombs at British
Columbia’s provincial legislature on Canada Day, when thousands of
people were expected to be there.
John Stewart Nuttall and Amanda Marie
Korody were inspired by al-Qaeda ideology but were self-radicalized,
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner James Malizia said
Tuesday. He called it a domestic threat “without international linkages.”
Malizia told a news conference there
was no evidence or indication to suggest a connection to the deadly
Boston Marathon bombings in April, which used bombs made from pressure
cookers.
RCMP Supt. Wayne Rideout said the public was never at risk, and the threat was detected early.
Nuttall and Korody were arrested
Monday, the same day that thousands attended the Canada Day celebrations
at the provincial legislature in the provincial capital of Victoria.
Police said the pair targeted the celebrations, but the bombs were found
outside the legislature before the crowds gathered.
“This self-radicalized behavior was
intended to create maximum impact and harm to Canadian citizens at the
B.C. legislature on a national holiday,” Rideout said. “They took steps
to educate themselves and produce explosive devices designed to cause
injury and death.”...Read here...
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