Bail Hearing Delayed For Boy Charged In Stabbing Of Younger Brother - Beritaja

A bail proceeding for a 12-year-old boy charged pinch the attempted murder of his younger relative successful confederate Alberta has been delayed.

The accused, who cannot beryllium identified nether the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is besides charged pinch aggravated assault.

The matter was adjourned Tuesday to Oct. 22.

Lethbridge Police responded to a study connected Aug. 24 that a seven-year-old boy had been many times stabbed.

A 911 telephone was made aft the victim’s begetter arrived location and located his boy successful superior aesculapian distress, and constabulary opportunity the boy’s older relative said an chartless antheral had entered the location and stabbed the kid earlier fleeing the scene.

Police said about an hr had transpired betwixt erstwhile the stabbing took spot and the dada sewage home.

The younger relative was taken to infirmary pinch captious injuries earlier being airlifted to Edmonton, wherever he remains successful unchangeable condition.

As the investigation progressed, Lethbridge constabulary said grounds was obtained “indicating the 12-year-old boy stabbed his relative many times and believed he had killed him, past lied about an intruder entering the home.”

Police person not released a imaginable motive for the attack.

— With files from Karen Bartko, BERITAJA