By Tenma Bonifacio

A few months ago, in June, a high school student in Neelin was attacked and injured by

another student with a sword. The event had made a great wave in Brandon’s school division

committees, and safety, along with anti-racism, is to become a focus for improvement for the

division. Now, it seems that the goal of the Crown prosecutors is to see the offending party receive an adult sentence should the trial end in his conviction or in pleading guilty.

Brandon police have indicated that this was a racially motivated attack earlier this year. The initial charges the teen had incurred, which included one attempted murder, have now been upgraded to three attempted murders.

The trial has yet to be given a date, but the case will return to court next Monday, October 7th, for case management concerning the prosecution’s request for an adult sentence.