Judge orders psychiatric exam for Alberta teen charged with terror offences

EDMONTON – A judge has ordered a psychiatric assessment for an Alberta teen charged with terror-related offences.

The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, was arrested last month on allegations he was planning to leave Canada to fight with Islamic State militants.

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Provincial court Judge Steven Andrew granted the 30-day assessment, but details of the application hearing are subject to a publication ban.

RCMP arrested the boy in Beaumont, a bedroom community south of Edmonton.

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The youth is charged with attempting to leave the country to participate in a terrorist group and attempting to leave the country to commit a terrorist activity, “namely murder.”

He is to appear in court again May 7.