Posted on 07/14/2006 6:55:09 PM PDT by mdittmar
A young man facing charges in an alleged plot to blow up public buildings in southern Ontario was granted bail on Friday, the first of the 17 terror suspects to be freed while awaiting possible trial.
The suspect, who cannot be named under Canadian law because he was 17 and still a minor at the time of the alleged offenses, was released under very strict conditions, said his lawyer Gary Grill.
"He's obviously very relieved," said Grill. "The conditions he's been detained in were pretty harsh."
The suspect, now 18, is accused of participating in a terrorist group and receiving training for terrorist purposes.
Twelve men and five teenagers were arrested June 2 and charged with participating in a terrorist group and other terrorist-related offenses.
Seven of the suspects are accused of attempting to acquire three times the amount of explosives responsible for the devastating Oklahoma City bombing, and plotting to bomb targets in Ontario.
At a court appearance in June, a lawyer for one of the accused disclosed additional details outside the court about the allegations, including that the group had at one point contemplated storming the Parliament buildings in Ottawa and taking legislators hostage.
One of the accused allegedly talked about beheading Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Well, that's heartening to know! But, this is insane...
Yeah, but Dog holds the bail paper on him - let him run and it will be a three-part series. /joke
Hey, why does that bottom flag look like a plat plan for the Flight 93 memorial?
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