
New Brunswick Premier Condemns ‘Brutal Attack’ on Jewish Teen; 16-Year-Old Girl Arrested
Published on May 17, 2024
The alleged attack of a 14-year-old Jewish girl attending a Fredericton, New Brunswick, high school has spurred provincial leaders to meet with her Israeli-Canadian family on the same day police arrested a teenage girl in connection with the incident. Premier Blaine Higgs described the incident as “an example of blatant antisemitism” after meeting with the parents of Shaked Tsurkan, a Grade 9 student at Leo Hayes High School in Fredericton. “I hope that both school and police authorities will continue to get to the bottom of this, and punish all who were involved in this brutal attack,” Mr. Higgs said in a May 17 X post....
