While most Canadians were celebrating our nation's birthday with a few brews and a barbecue, enjoying the summer sun with family and friends, two Surrey residents had something more deadly in mind.
Information so far on John Nuttall and Amanda Korody, the Surrey couple that planted explosive devices at the Victoria Legislature to go off during Canada Day celebrations, indicates they were recent converts to Islam and were "self-radicalized" terrorists. They aren't believed to be local cells of a broader terrorist network - a relief considering the bombs the couple had crafted were similar to those set off during the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring many more. Could similar damage have been done here in B.C.'s capital?
Let's hope not. But the incident serves as a reminder that, while we probably don't need to live in fear of the kind of terrorist attacks seen in other parts of the world, there are people out there bent on destroying the peaceful way of life we often take for granted.
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