Two charged in foiled Halifax attack plot
Posted Feb 14, 2015 03:20:17 PM.
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HALIFAX – Two people have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in an alleged plot to attack a public place in Halifax on Valentine’s Day that police allege could have resulted in mass killings.
A third person, a 17-year-old boy from the Halifax area, has been released without charge.
Police said today that charges have been laid against 23-year-old Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath of Geneva, Ill., and 20-year-old Randall Steven Shepherd of Halifax.
A fourth suspect, a 19-year-old man, was found dead by police on Friday morning in the Halifax suburb of Timberlea.
Police arrested three people after getting a tip on Crime Stoppers on Thursday morning.
Police allege the Halifax Shopping Centre was the target of the attack.
Police say three long-barrelled rifles have been seized from the home in Timberlea where the man was found dead by police, but they would not elaborate on the types of guns.
