(Global News) A former terrorist leader serving a life sentence for plotting truck bombings in downtown Toronto was denied parole Friday at a hearing during which he described himself as non-violent.
The Parole Board of Canada rejected Zakaria Amara’s bid for release on day parole, saying that while he seemed on the right track, more proof of his fitness for release was needed.
During the hearing, Amara insisted he was a “passive,” non-violent person, but acknowledged he had planned to “take revenge for Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan.”
The targets of the bomb attacks were the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canadian Security Intelligence Service office on Front St., and a Canadian military base, he admitted.
