Ottawa: Canadian immigration authorities on Friday ordered the deportation of a Pakistani man accused of plotting to bomb the US consulate and financial buildings in Toronto.
According to the immigration board´s written decision, Jahanzeb Malik “planned to conduct a violent attack against a United States government building and other targets in the financial district of Toronto, which could have resulted in the death and/or serious injury of persons as well as the destruction of property.”
Canadian authorities further alleged that Malik tried to recruit an undercover agent into the conspiracy.
Malik will remain in custody until he is flown back to Pakistan.
He came to Canada as a student in 2004 and was granted permanent residency five years later.
Malik was arrested in March following a federal police anti-terror squad investigation.
Rather than file charges, authorities took him before the Immigration and Refugee Board to seek his deportation to Pakistan. (AFP)
