Militant group accused of Mumbai attacks has Toronto link

Toronto, Dec 4 (PTI) The Pakistani militant outfit that
New Delhi blames for training the gunmen behind last week's
Mumbai massacre has been linked to recent terrorist plots in
several Western countries including Canada.

Lashkar-e-Taiba runs training camps near the Indo-Pak
border and its followers have been accused of planning attacks
in Toronto, Britain, Australia and the United States, National
Post reported Wednesday.

At least five suspects associated with the 'Toronto 18'
-- described by police as a homegrown extremist group accused
of plotting attack on Parliament Hill in 2006 in Ottawa and
detonate truck bombs near the CN Tower in Toronto -- allegedly
travelled to Pakistan to train at Lashkar camps, newspaper
reported.

Aabid Khan, a British man convicted of terrorism-related
charges in London last summer, had hoped to use Toronto as a
staging area for sending recruits to Pakistan for "commando
training" with Lashkar and another militant group called
Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Canada placed the Lashkar-e-Taiba on its list of outlawed
terrorist groups in 2003. The government renewed the listing
last week following a review.

Lashkar-e-Taiba, the "Army of the Pure," is one of
Pakistan's most powerful militant groups. PTI COR
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