The last Western detainee held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, returned to Canada yesterday — after a decade in custody following his capture in Afghanistan at age 15, officials said.
Omar Khadr, 26, arrived at a Canadian military base and was transferred to the Millhaven maximum-security prison in Bath, Ontario.
The son of an alleged al Qaeda financier, Khadr was captured in 2002 on suspicion of having killed an American soldier in Afghanistan, a charge to which he pleaded guilty in 2010.
His return to Canada is part of a plea deal that makes him eligible for parole next year.