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Justin Ling in Ottawa

Ottawa protests: ‘strong ties’ between some occupiers and far-right extremists, minister says

Alberta RCMP made arrests in alleged plot to kill police officers and civilians.
Alberta RCMP made arrests in alleged plot to kill police officers and civilians in Coutts, Canada. Photograph: RCMP

Canada’s public safety minister has warned of ties between protesters occupying the country’s capital and a group of far-right extremists who were charged earlier this week in the border town of Coutts, Alberta, over an alleged plot to kill police officers.

“Several of the individuals at Coutts have strong ties to a far-right extreme organization with leaders who are in Ottawa,” the minister, Marco Mendicino, told reporters on Wednesday.

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