TORONTO – Rob Ford was allegedly a proposed target of Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser – the two men accused of planning to derail a VIA Rail train.
“I’m caught off guard as much as you guys are,” Ford told reporters at city hall Wednesday. “It’s not the first time people have threatened me with death. I’m just going to go on and continue doing my job. Helping people out, returning calls, go to their houses, go to events.”
An undercover officer who is testifying at the trial told court Wednesday that Ford, Toronto’s mayor at the time, could have been targeted as part of an alleged terror plot which targeted a train between New York and Toronto.
Ford rarely took the subway during his four years as mayor and generally travelled in his SUV.
But that didn’t stop him from taking the threats seriously. He said Wednesday he was stunned by the news and wants to know why he wasn’t told about it at the time.
-With files from Dave Trafford and the Canadian Press
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