Youth Terror Suspects Freed

Canadian Press
Aug. 01, 2007

BRAMPTON (CP) — Two youths originally arrested during what was being billed as Canada’s largest antiterrorism bust are no longer facing charges.

The Tuesday agreement, also known as a “peace bond”, means the men are not likely to be involved with the case any longer.

Under the bond’s numerous conditions, the youths are not allowed to communicate with other suspects in the case, must report twice a month to police and must surrender their passports.

Defence lawyers for the two men, aged 18 and 19, said their release marks the first time anyone in Canadian history has been released under a terrorism-related peace bond.

Crown attorneys do have the option of reactivating the charges within the next year, after which they will be dropped.

The agreement means only one youth suspect is still in police custody out of the four originally arrested last year.

Last summer, police arrested 18 Toronto-area suspects and charged them with participating in a terrorist training camp and plotting to blow up Canadian landmarks.