Youth Charged After School Bus Incident Involving Weapon & Hate Speech

A 17-year-old has been charged with multiple offences, including assault and public incitement of hatred, following a school bus altercation involving a weapon and racial slurs in South Bruce.

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On November 20, 2024, at approximately 4:47 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an altercation between two students on a school bus.

The investigation revealed that a 17-year-old individual allegedly brandished an edged weapon and directed racial slurs at another student. Foll…