Halifax mall stabbing murder trial begins Monday [Video]

HALIFAX –

The violent death of a 16-year-old Halifax boy was brought into stark relief Monday as a Crown lawyer presented exhibits to a youth court, including some of the victim’s bloody clothing.

The disturbing evidence, which also included a number of knives, was added to the court record as the trial started for one of two youths charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death last year of Ahmad Maher Al Marrach.

The Grade 10 student, a well-liked pupil at Citadel High School in Halifax, was found badly injured in a parking garage near the Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22, 2024. He died later in hospital from a stab wound in the centre of his chest.

Al Marrach arrived in Canada with his family several years ago after escaping the war in Syria. His parents watched Monday’s proceedings from the public gallery, where an Arabic translator quietly explained what was …