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Wannabe terrorist considered triggering volcano in northern U.S., court hears

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 17 Feb, 2015 10:50 AM

    TORONTO — A man accused of plotting to derail a passenger train in Canada apparently also thought about triggering a volcanic blast to cause a catastrophe in the United States.

    An undercover FBI agent says Chiheb Esseghaier pondered the possibility of getting the volcano in Yellowstone National Park to erupt.

    The agent testified in a Toronto court today that the PhD student from Montreal believed an eruption would cause a national disaster for his "worst enemies."

    However, court heard Esseghaier concluded ultimately it would be too difficult to make a blast happen.

    As a result, the focus shifted back to the idea of derailing a Via Rail passenger train en route to Toronto from New York City. The idea was to cut out five or six metres of track.

    Not-guilty pleas have been entered for Esseghaier and his co-accused Raed Jaser, who both face multiple terror-related charges in the alleged plot to derail the train.

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