Two Teens Charged in School Attack Plot

Two teenagers, a 14-year-old from Manitoba and a 15-year-old from Nova Scotia, face criminal charges after authorities uncovered an alleged online plot to carry out simultaneous attacks at their respective rural high schools last week. The investigations, prompted by international tips, led to swift arrests and the seizure of potential weapons and planning materials in both provinces.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba received information on Friday from Interpol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the youths' online discussions expressing intent to target Rivers Collegiate in Rivers, Manitoba, and Park View Education Centre in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Officers acted quickly, pulling over a school bus on Monday to arrest the Manitoba youth. During the arrest and a subsequent search of his home, police seized electronic devices and two firearms belonging to a relative.

In Nova Scotia, Bridgewater police conducted a search of the 15-year-old's home on Tuesday, where they discovered handwritten attack plans, imitation weapons, a crudely assembled imitation pipe bomb, an assault rifle, and clothing bearing hate symbols. Authorities described the plot as involving...