Canadian citizen Omar Khadr has landed in Canada and been transferred to Millhaven Institution, after leaving Guantanamo Bay to serve the remainder of his sentence.
The 26-year-old had been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay where he is serving an 8-year sentence for war crimes, including the death of an American soldier.
Khadr was taken by a Canadian Corrections van to Millhaven Institution, a maximum-security prison located near Kingston.
The battle to bring Khadr back to Canada has been going on for years.
The Canadian-born Khadr, whose family is originally from Egypt, first came into the spotlight nearly 10 years ago when, at 15-years-old, he was captured in Afghanistan after a battle with U.S. forces in which one soldier was killed.
He is serving an 8-year sentence after pleading guilty to five crimes, including the death of the soldier.
CBC initially reported that a military plane with Khadr on-board left the U.S. naval base on Cuba’s southeast shore around 4:30 a.m.
His family reportedly has ties to al-Qaeda and there are reports they spent time living in Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.
Photo of sketch of Canadian detainee Omar Khadr at his sentence trial at Camp Justice, in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010. (Sketch reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense)
Omar Khadr returns to Canada, to be held at Millhaven Institution
Irene Preklet
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