RCMP have laid more charges against a Rivers teen accused of plotting an attack at his school.
The 14-year-old boy is now charged with conspiracy to commit murder, counselling the offence of murder and two counts of uttering threats.
He was initially arrested on March 16th and charged with uttering threats, after Interpol and the FBI alerted RCMP to a conversation between two teens, who were allegedly planning simultaneous attacks on their respective schools in Rivers and Bridgewater, N.S.
Mounties said the conversation began in late February, and the Rivers youth was “actively discussing and planning to harm other students” at Rivers Collegiate.
RCMP seized the boy’s phone and electronic devices, and a subsequent search of two properties connected to the youth resulted in police seizing more electronic devices and other items, including two firearms that a relative owned.
RCMP re-arrested the teen at the Manitoba Youth Centre on Wednesday.
The teen is scheduled to appear in Brandon provincial court on June 4.
