The making of a homegrown terrorist

How Saad Khalid went from carefree child to radical teen to young adult who’s been handed a 14-year jail term in Toronto 18 plot

Saad Khalid, 23, seen in a sketch in Brampton court on Sept. 3, 2009. | Alex Tavshunsky for The Star

Isabel Teotonio, The Toronto Star | Full Story | Reflecting on troubled earlier years, Khalid would later tell a psychiatrist that he had developed a "connection toward the Muslim cause" and an "increased sense of meaning." He believed he was "here for a purpose." By age 19, he felt a religious obligation to do something to change Western policies that he believed were hurting Muslims.

Yesterday, Khalid, now 23, was sentenced to 14 years for his role in a homegrown terror cell known as the Toronto 18, which was busted in June 2006 for plotting to detonate truck bombs in downtown Toronto. >>

Published 09.09.04 00:00:00 -0500 GMT | Posted by Andrew Garib on 09.09.04 | |

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