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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that they had arrested two men on Monday who had been planning to bomb a passenger train. One was arrested in Toronto and one near Montreal following an extensive investigation that dated back to last August and included the F.B.I., the mounted police said.
The two men, identified as Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, were working with Al Qaeda, according to the mounted police.
Chief Superintendent Jennifer Strachan said that the two men watched trains in and around Toronto and were plotting to attack a train operated by Via Rail Canada, the government-owned rail system, within Canada.
The police emphasized that the public was never in “imminent danger.” They said that the two suspects had been under constant observation and that contingency plans had been made.
The police also executed search warrants at several locations in Toronto and Montreal on Monday afternoon.
