Canadian Teen Says Assault With Kirpan Charges Were Fabricated By Classmates

Canadian Press reported yesterday on the assault trial of a Canadian teenager in Montreal's youth court. The boy is a Sikh who was baptised and received a kirpan (ceremonial dagger) at the end of August. Now two classmates accuse him of assaulting them with the kirpan and with the pin used to tuck his hair under his turban. The 13-year old defendant says the charges were fabricated by the two classmates because they were jealous of a friendship he had with another student.