US EditionGirl pleads guilty after student set on fire at Saskatoon school
The 14-year-old accused admitted guilt to attempted murder and assault causing bodily harm after a fire attack injured a student and a teacher at Evan Hardy Collegiate.
- On Monday, the accused teenage girl pleaded guilty to attempted murder and unlawfully causing bodily harm in an arson attack at Evan Hardy Collegiate last year.
- On Sept. 5, 2024 a 15-year-old student was doused with a liquid and set on fire in a school hallway, and the severely burned 15-year-old was transported to hospital in Edmonton while a teacher who intervened also sustained burns.
- School staff extinguished the flames after a witness said liquid from a black canister was poured on the victim, and a School Resource Officer took the 14-year-old suspect into custody.
- The accused had been scheduled to stand trial in May 2026, and a separate 16-year-old defendant pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm of the teacher who aided the victim.
- The attack prompted class cancellations at Evan Hardy Collegiate and a push from teachers across Saskatchewan for measures to address classroom violence, with national coverage by The Canadian Press and memorials outside Evan Hardy Collegiate.
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Teen Admits to Splashing Saskatoon Schoolmate With Lighter Fluid, Setting Her on Fire
A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for splashing a former friend with lighter fluid and setting her on fire in the hallway of a Saskatoon high school. The attacker also pleaded guilty to unlawfully causing bodily harm of a teacher who came to the victim’s aid at Evan Hardy Collegiate in September 2024. She sat in court Monday dressed in a hoodie, as court heard the crime was the culmination of a friendship that spiralled i…
SASKATOON — A teenage girl pleaded guilty to attempted murder after spraying her classmate with a flammable liquid before setting her on fire in the corridor of a high school in Saskatoon in September 2024. The 16-year-old girl also pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury; she attacked a teacher at the Evan Hardy Collegiate who had come to the victim's aid. A witness reported seeing liquid from a black can be poured onto the victim's hea…
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