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TORONTO — A Pakistani man accused of plotting a suicide bombing in Toronto’s financial district because he thought killing Canadians was his “path to heaven” has been deported, several sources confirmed Thursday.

Jahanzeb Malik left Montreal airport escorted by Canada Border Services Agency officers. Meanwhile, a second Pakistani man also deemed a danger to security, Mohammed Aqeeq Ansari, was deported from Toronto.

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The CBSA declined to comment but Malik’s lawyer, Anser Farooq, confirmed his client had departed Canada. Ansari’s parents were summoned to a location near Toronto airport late Wednesday to see him off, a friend said.

The removals followed weeks of diplomacy between Canada and Pakistan, which was reluctant to take the men back. The deportations were delayed for almost three months amid a flurry of meetings between the two countries.

The Pakistani High Commission in Ottawa said Friday both men had arrived in Pakistan. “They’re not in custody as far as I know,” said Nazia Khalid, the Press Counsellor.