Homes and Property | Home Page

IT expert guilty of terror plot

A KEY figure in the al Qaeda plot to blow up the Bluewater shopping centre was convicted today in Canada.

Electronics expert Momin Khawaja, 29, a Pakistani-born Canadian citizen, had flown into Britain to pass on specialist advice to the bomb gang.

The Ottawa software developer had created a remote-control device for detonating the explosives which could have killed hundreds of innocent people. Five of the gang were jailed for life last year for planning to bomb the Kent shopping centre in 2004, but Khawaja managed to flee Britain.

Today he was convicted in Toronto on five charges of financing and facilitating terrorism in the first case of its kind in Canada.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT

Canada
Electronics
Ontario
Pakistan
Punishment
Software
Toronto