HALIFAX — A 16-year-old student has admitted to stabbing two staff members at a Halifax-area high school last year.
The teen, whose identity is protected from publication, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of aggravated assault.
He had been expected to stand trial on two counts of attempted murder and other charges, but the province’s Public Prosecution Service confirmed those charges will be dealt with at a sentencing hearing on July 24, when they could be dismissed.
The two victims — both employees of Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, N.S. — were taken to hospital with serious wounds on March 20, 2023, but they have both recovered.
A statement of facts presented to the court says the suspect, who was 15 at the time, was in the office of principal Wayne Rogers when he pulled a knife and stabbed Rogers in the back and on his side.
The statement says that as the boy fled from the office, he stabbed administrative assistant Angela Light in the back.
Outside the school, the student stabbed himself in the neck before police moved in to arrest him and take him to hospital.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 19,2024.
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