Ahmad Maher Al Marrach

• Teen receives four years in custody for fatal stabbing of Halifax high school student

  The 16-year-old accused, who was 14 at the time of the attack, received the maximum sentence under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2025
  
• Family of teen who was fatally stabbed in Halifax says they are broken without him

  The family of a teenage boy who was fatally stabbed in 2024 say they are broken and their lives feel empty without him.

  Crime

  Oct 27, 2025
  
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• Another Halifax teen recants key testimony during murder trial for 17-year-old

  For the second time in as many days, a teen witness testifying at a Halifax murder trial has recanted statements about what happened before a 16-year-old was fatally stabbed.

  Crime

  Jan 14, 2025
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• Friend of fatally stabbed Halifax teen changes his testimony in youth court

  The trial for a Halifax youth accused of participating in the killing of a 16-year-old student last year heard Monday from one of the victim’s friends.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2025
• ‘A horror film’: Eyewitness describes fatal stabbing of 16-year-old outside Halifax mall

  The murder trial for a Halifax-area youth accused of participating in the killing of a 16-year-old student last year heard on Tuesday from an eyewitness to the fatal stabbing. 

  Crime

  Jan 7, 2025
• Trial begins for youth accused of planning fatal attack on Halifax teen

  A murder trial started today for a Halifax-area youth charged in the stabbing death last year of a 16-year-old boy.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2025
• Teen fatally stabbed in Halifax: Court hears disturbing details in statements of fact

  The 16-year-old was found badly injured in a parking garage next to the Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22, 2024 and he died in hospital.

  Crime

  Jan 3, 2025
• Halifax mall stabbing: Third adult charged with accessory in 16-year-old boy’s death

  Halifax police have charged a third adult in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy at the Halifax Shopping Centre earlier this year.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2024
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• Halifax mall stabbing: Second youth pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of teen

  The victim, Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, was found badly injured in a parking garage next to the Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22, and he died later in hospital.

  Crime

  Oct 31, 2024
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• Fourteen-year-old girl pleads guilty to manslaughter in Halifax teen’s stabbing death

  A 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy near a Halifax mall earlier this year.

  Crime

  Oct 9, 2024