The first image has emerged of one of the Canadian terror suspects who plotted to derail a New York-bound train as it crossed near the Niagara Falls.
Chiheb Esseghaier, 35, a Ph.D. student studying in Montreal, was seen being led off of a plane in handcuffs after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police flew him to Toronto to appear in court today. His alleged co-conspirator Raed Jaser, 30, was arrested in Toronto on Monday.
Canadian security authorities say the men were operating with the support and guidance of 'al-Qaeda elements in Iran.' Police have called it the first al-Qaeda-planned terrorist plot in Canada.
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Neither man is a Canadian citizen, though both are in the country legally. Essaghaier is a graduate student studying material sciences at the Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique. He is from Tunisia. Jaser is reportedly a Palestinian from the United Arab Emirates.
