Fahim Ahmad played a leading role in a "jihadi combat" training camp north of Toronto, a Superior Court jury heard on Tuesday.
Witness Mubin Shaikh recalled how camp participants were trained as Muslim combatants, urged to target "infidels."
The court saw photos from the snow-covered campsite, depicting trees riddled with paintball marks and bullets. The group practiced paintball, Mr. Shaikh said, "in the context of simulating combat, but with a jihadi flavour."
Mr. Ahmad, along with Asad Ansari and Steven Chand, are on trial for participating in a terrorist group four years ago. They are the final three to face trial in the so-called Toronto 18 terrorism case.
The Crown alleges Mr. Ahmad was a ringleader; he has also been charged with importing firearms and instructing others to carry out activities for the benefit of a terrorist group.
Mr. Chand faces an additional charge of counselling someone to commit fraud over $5,000 in association with a terrorist group.
Mr. Shaikh, who infiltrated the group as an agent for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said both Mr. Ahmad and Mr. Chand helped organize aspects of the camp, referring to them as "trainers."
The goal of the boot-camp-style event, which ran about two weeks, was to "weed out" undesirables and bring the rest on board for more advanced training, Mr. Shaikh said.
The trial continues on Wednesday afternoon.
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