Halifax police on Friday said a man and woman planned to open fire at a public venue “to kill citizens, and then themselves.”
A duplex home where a 19-year-old man was found dead in Timberlea, Nova Scotia, Feb. 13, 2015.
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Three suspects, including a woman from Illinois, were in custody, police said Friday. Another suspect in the plot, a 19-year-old man, was found dead in a home as officers moved to arrest the group.
McKay, the senior minister for Nova Scotia, said the plot was not "culturally" motivated and did not appear to be "linked to terrorism," according to the Globe and Mail .
"Based on what we know so far it would have been devastating,' he said. "Mass casualties were a real possibility."
"A day known to represent love and affection would have taken on a much different meaning today."
Police said they were acting on a tip they received on Thursday that a 23-year-old woman from Geneva, Illinois, and the 19-year-old male had access to guns.
The woman, who was not immediately identified, was arrested at 2 a.m. Friday at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, along with a 20-year-old male suspect. A third suspect, a 17-year-old male, was arrested in Cole Harbour hours later, police said.
In a statement, Brian Brennan, the commanding officer of the Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said authorities had "apprehended all known individuals in this matter and eliminated the threat."
"We are not seeking any further suspects at this time in relation to this investigation," he said.
Police have not specified the intended target for the alleged attack, but McKay said there was now extra security at the site, CBC reported.
"This appeared to be a group of murderous misfits ... prepared to wreak havoc and mayhem on our community," McKay said.
"We have averted a true tragedy here in Halifax," he said.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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