Hostage-taking accused remanded

Court – A 30-day psychiatric assessment has been ordered for a man charged with holding a Calgary school secretary at knife-point last week.

A provincial court judge made the order on Wednesday for Matthew Akani Adeniran, 25, six days after the incident at A.E. Cross Junior High School.

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Adeniran is charged with forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, uttering threats, criminal harassment and possession of a weapon in connection with last Thursday’s hostage-taking.

He will be back in court with lawyer Rebecca Snukal on April 9.

No one was injured in the incident, which lasted more than two hours.

It started just before 2 p.m. in the school office, as students filled the main gym for a pep rally featuring Olympic curling silver medallist Carolyn Darbyshire.