Student charged with first-degree murder in Leduc school attack

EDMONTON – RCMP say a student accused of a deadly attack at an Edmonton-area school has been charged with first-degree murder.

Dylan Thomas Pountney, who is 19, was to appear in court in Edmonton this morning.

He remains in custody.

Police have said a 17-year-old female student was violently assaulted yesterday morning in a classroom at Christ the King School in Leduc, just south of Edmonton.