Police are investigating seven suspects after the killing of 16-year-old Karanveer Sahota, Edmonton’s police chief said Thursday
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Police are investigating seven suspects after the killing of 16-year-old Karanveer Sahota, Edmonton’s police chief said Thursday.
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Sahota was taken to hospital earlier this month after a reported assault outside McNally High School, and he died of his injuries a week later. An autopsy conducted this week confirmed his death as a homicide, finding that he died of a stab wound to the chest.
Edmonton Police Service chief Dale McFee told the Edmonton Police Commission that seven young people were initially charged with attempted murder.
“Those are currently being reviewed by the prosecutors now that the individual is deceased whether those charges will be elevated,” McFee said.
EPS hasn’t released further details about the suspects so far, but if any are youths, their names will not be released under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
According to a subsequent statement from EPS, investigative strategies and the timing of Sahota’s death meant earlier charges had to be withdrawn from the Crown to be upgraded. Once final charges have been laid on all the suspects, more details will be made public.
McFee added the investigation has been complex.
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