Teen accused of threats to Halifax high school now charged with promoting hatred

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The teen who was arrested for allegedly making threats against a Halifax precocious schoolhouse is present facing a bid of caller charges.

Accused present facing 33 counts, including weapon charges and promoting hatred against Black, Jewish communities

Josh Hoffman · CBC News

· Posted: May 01, 2025 12:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

A bull car is parked extracurricular of Citadel High

The teen arrested for allegedly making threats against a Halifax precocious schoolhouse is present facing a bid of caller limb and gun charges, and is besides accused of promoting hatred against Jewish and African-Nova Scotian communities.

A 16-year old was arrested astatine his location successful the aboriginal hours of April 23 aft constabulary received a extremity from a termination hotline relation alleging the teen said helium was going sprout up Citadel High and past instrumentality his ain life.

The teen was scheduled to look successful Halifax younker tribunal connected Wednesday for a bail hearing, but it was adjourned until May 12 due to the fact that a bid of caller charges were laid. He is present facing a full of 33 charges.

"The Crown's lawsuit is inactive being formulated, but [there's] each the indications that this is simply a precise superior matter," Crown authoritative Terry Nickerson said aft Wednesday's hearing.

Nickerson said the Crown has received a ample measurement of grounds related to the case, including worldly recovered on four laptops and a cellphone. The Crown continues to person grounds from constabulary and much charges could beryllium laid, helium said.

Threats against students

The teen, whose individuality is protected nether the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was initially charged with possession of a limb for a unsafe purpose, unsafe retention of ammunition and 1 number of uttering threats.

Halifax Regional Police Chief Don MacLean said during a quality league past week that constabulary didn't judge determination was a menace against anyone specifically astatine the school.

But the teen is present charged with making threats against 3 circumstantial students. He is besides charged with willfully promoting hatred against Black and Jewish comminuties over the past twelvemonth by creating online hatred groups, according to tribunal documents.

Halifax constabulary apprehension teen aft menace against precocious school

A 16-year-old lad has been charged with aggregate offences aft Halifax constabulary acted connected accusation of a menace against Citadel High School. A Crown authoritative alleges the teen told a termination hotline helium wanted to unfastened occurrence astatine the schoolhouse earlier sidesplitting himself.

Many of the caller charges subordinate to rifles, shotguns and antithetic airguns found astatine the teen's home. He faces 12 counts of possession of a limb for a unsafe intent and six counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm.

He was besides charged with possession of a limb for a unsafe intent for some brass knuckles and a knife, the tribunal documents said. Two different counts subordinate to the brass knuckles being a prohibited weapon.

The younker was ordered to stay successful custody until the adjacent proceeding and is prohibited from having immoderate interaction with immoderate students astatine Citadel High.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Josh Hoffman is simply a newsman for CBC Nova Scotia. Josh worked arsenic a section vigor newsman each implicit Canada earlier moving to Nova Scotia successful 2018.

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