Toronto

Bomb plot thwarted: A tip from a concerned imam at a Toronto mosque led Canadian police to thwart an alleged al Qaida plot to bomb a U.S.-bound train. Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, a Tunisian, and Raed Jaser, 35, a permanent resident of Canada of Palestinian origin, have been charged with planning to bomb a Toronto–New York passenger train. Authorities said the two had been communicating with al Qaida members who operate from Iran. The Toronto imam, who remains anonymous, alerted police more than a year ago about Jaser, saying the suspect was an extremist who seemed to be trying to recruit others. Esseghaier, a doctoral student in biotechnology, has a profile on the social media site LinkedIn that is illustrated with the black flag of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group of Iraqi insurgent groups affiliated with al Qaida. Canadian police followed the suspects for months.

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