
Student charged with attempted murder in stabbings at Halifax-area high school
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A 15-year-old is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder, after two staff members were stabbed at a high school in Bedford, N.S., Monday morning.
A 15-year-old is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder, after two staff members were stabbed at a high school in Bedford, N.S., Monday morning.
Halifax Regional Police responded to a weapons complaint at Charles P. Allen High School around 9:20 a.m.
Police allege the teen, who is a student at the school, stabbed two employees inside the school and then fled the building.
Officers took the youth, who was also injured, into custody in the area around 9:30 a.m. The teen was then taken to hospital with non-life-threatening stab wounds.
The two employees remain in hospital. Police say they are in serious, but stable condition.
The identities of the employees have been not been released.
The teen, who will not be identified due to their age, is facing the following charges.