CBC Report,
Canadian police have foiled an al-Qaeda-inspired terror plot that involved pressure cooker bombs similar to those used in the Boston Marathon bombings, reports Reuters. A man and a woman, both Canadian-born, were arrested and charged in connection with a conspiracy to detonate three explosive devices on a on Canada Day in the capital of the Pacific province of British Columbia. The suspects allegedly planned for the bombs to explode on Monday outside the province’s legislature in Victoria. The contents of the improvised bombs included nuts, bolts, nails, washers and other items intended to kill or injure people, according to CBC. Officials said they had no evidence to suggest the planned attack had foreign links and described the two as “self-radicalized.”