A Halifax-area teen who was arrested and charged after threats were made against students at Citadel High School will be sentenced this week.

Crown prosecutors in Nova Scotia call the case “unprecedented.” They, alongside the defence, made their submissions Tuesday in court and are divided on how the case should be treated.

In April, a 16-year-old boy was arrested by Halifax Regional Police over what they called a “credible” threat against the school

In an agreed statement of facts, the court heard that the boy was arrested after he contacted a suicide hotline expressing the urge to shoot up the school and die by suicide.

The statement of facts state the teen told the hotline operator via text that he had been struggling with depression and had always known he would die young — som

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