7:51am UK, Thursday June 08, 2006

Terror suspects held in Canada planned to use remote-controlled toys packed with explosives to target police stations, it is claimed.

One of the men also allegedly enrolled on a flight training programme and planned to use an aircraft in an assault.

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Police snipers guard a court in Canada

CBC, citing court documents, said the radio-controlled toys would have targeted stations in Toronto.

Meanwhile, it saida 19-year-old suspect had signed up at a Toronto-area college for flight training but withdrew for fear his activities would draw the attention of authorities.

The teenager is one of 12 men and five youths being held.

Several face charges of knowingly participating in a terrorist group, while six are charged with planning an explosion that could cause death or serious injury.

The documents repeated allegations revealed by a lawyer at an earlier court appearance that some in the group had planned to storm Parliament and take politicians hostage to force Canada to remove its troops from Afghanistan.

One was planning to behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper, it is claimed.