WARNING: Some of the details in this story may be disturbing.

A boy in southern Alberta has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after being accused of trying to stab his little brother to death and then lying about it.

The youth pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a courtroom in Lethbridge, Alta., where the crime occurred back in the summer.

The stabbing happened the afternoon of Aug. 24, when police said officers responded to a report that a seven-year-old boy had been stabbed.

According to an agreed statement of facts read in Lethbridge youth court, the accused became enraged with his younger brother when their dad was out of the house.

The victim ran and hid under the sheets of their dad’s bed while the accused grabbed a knife from the kitchen and began stabbing through the blankets.

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