A Beaumont, Alta. teenager accused of trying to join the Islamic State has been denied bail.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified, was arrested in the community south of Edmonton by the RCMP’s integrated national security enforcement team in March.
He was ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment last month.
The teen was charged with trying to leave the country to fight with the Islamic State, an organization that controls a vast tract of territory in Syria and northern Iraq.
He faces two charges: that he tried to leave Canada to commit an act of terror, and that he tried to leave the country to join a terrorist group.
The charges accuse the teen of trying to leave the country to commit “murder in circumstances that constitute terrorist activity.”
The charges were added to the Criminal Code in 2013, as part of the Combating Terrorism Act.
