Ringleader in Canada Terror Case Pleads Guilty

The alleged ringleader of a Canadian terror cell entered a guilty plea Wednesday to possessing an explosive device, and was sentenced to 24 years in prison.

Hiva Alizadeh was one of three men arrested in police raids and charged in 2010 in what was described in court as a plot to attack Canadian military and other targets.

An Ottawa X-ray technologist, Hisbahuddin Ahmed, is awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty in July of participating in the conspiracy.

A third man, Khurram Sher, a Canadian doctor of Pakistani heritage who once auditioned for a televised talent show, was acquitted at trial of terrorism last month.

Police had seized circuit boards and other materials that could be used to make bombs, from the group.