{"id":41711,"date":"2015-02-10T23:58:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=41711"},"modified":"2015-02-10T23:58:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:58:42","slug":"apparent-rift-developed-between-terror-suspects-toronto-trial-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/10\/apparent-rift-developed-between-terror-suspects-toronto-trial-hears\/","title":{"rendered":"Apparent rift developed between terror suspects, Toronto trial hears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TORONTO — Testimony continues today in a Toronto courtroom at the trial of two men accused of plotting to derail a passenger train in the name of radical Islam.<\/p>\n

Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier face multiple terrorism-related charges in the alleged plot to target a train travelling from New York to Toronto. Not-guilty pleas have been entered for both men.<\/p>\n

The trial heard Monday that a rift in the relationship between two suspects seemed to appear as they began hammering out the finer details of their alleged plot.<\/p>\n

The trial has been hearing secret audio recordings of conversations the men had with an undercover FBI agent who gained their trust while posing as a wealthy American businessman with radical views.<\/p>\n

The trial heard that while scouting a railway bridge outside Toronto, Jaser appears to express his doubts to the undercover agent in a moment when Esseghaier isn’t around.<\/p>\n

Esseghaier, however, is animated at the thought of the plan progressing, and suggests using a high intensity torch to damage the bridge.<\/p>\n

The alleged plan was to derail a train by targeting a railway bridge in December 2012, court has heard.<\/p>\n

Videos of the scouting trip the three men made to the bridge in late September — which were played in court — show a large metal structure, with two railway tracks and a shallow waterway beneath.<\/p>\n

Jaser, Esseghaier and the undercover officer are seen walking along the railway tracks to the bridge and are then observed standing on the railway bridge, examining the structure.<\/p>\n

Jaser and Esseghaier were arrested in April 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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