Canada’s authorities say they have arrested and charged two people with conspiring to carry out an "al-Qaeda inspired" attack on a passenger train.
Authorities said the suspects were arrested in Montreal and Toronto on Monday.
According to a BBC report, the pair allegedly planned to derail a VIA passenger train in the greater Toronto area.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said the surveillance operation leading to the arrests of the two suspects was "a result of extensive collaborative efforts".
They said the two men were not Canadian citizens and were supported by "al-Qaeda elements in Iran" but there was no evidence of state sponsorship.
Police chief Jennifer Strachan said the two men had sought to target "a specific route, but not necessarily a specific train".
VIA operates passenger rail services across Canada.
At the same time, the RCMP said they believed the plot was in the planning stage and "there was no imminent threat to the general public".
There was no connection between the plot and last week’s Boston Marathon bombings, a US justice department official was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.
