TORONTO, June 6: Six of the 17 people arrested in and around Toronto last week have been formally charged with ‘planning to cause a deadly explosion’, court sources said on Tuesday.

The suspects who are facing serious charges are Fahim Ahmad, Zakaria Amara, Asad Ansari, Shareef Abdelhaleem, Qayyum Abdul Jamal and Saad Khalid.

If convicted, they face sentences of life in prison.

Twelve adults and five teenagers, all Muslims, were arrested in Toronto and adjoining towns — Mississauga and Kingston — in a massive police operation.

All twelve adults have been charged with knowingly participating, directly or indirectly, in the activity of a terrorist group.

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