A sign displaying Toronto Stock Exchange information is seen in Toronto, Nov. 20, 2008. Among the targets of convicted terrorist, Shareef Abdelhaleem, was the Toronto Stock Exchange. The plan was to blow up a truck packed with explosives in front of TSX, another in front of the headquarters of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and a third at a military base. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
Canada's spin on "homegrown" extremism
Shareef Abdelhaleem, found guilty of plotting mass murder in Toronto, sought to profit financially from his terrorism.
TORONTO, Canada — A man found guilty of Canada’s biggest terrorist conspiracy since the 9/11 attacks seems to have given new meaning to the term “homegrown” extremist.
Shareef Abdelhaleem was found guilty last week of being a key player in a plot for mass murder on the streets of downtown Toronto, Canada’s financial capital.
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