Overview
- Justice Ian Carter found the 17-year-old guilty on four terrorism counts Wednesday after the youth invited a finding of guilt to preserve his appeal rights.
- The co-accused, arrested in February 2024, began trial Thursday and pleaded not guilty to three charges including conspiracy to murder and seeking a prohibited firearm.
- A 50-page agreed statement says the plan called for three pressure-cooker bombs packed with thousands of ball bearings, with one intended as a suicide device around Christmas 2023.
- Investigators opened the case after an FBI tip linked the youth’s Telegram account to messages urging an attack and to bomb-making guidance from a user called Klm.
- Prosecutors will ask for an adult sentence and have delayed other counts until sentencing to keep them available if an appeal succeeds.