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A terrorism-related charge has been laid against a 16-year-old western Manitoba boy who is accused of using social media to encourage violence on behalf of the Islamic State.
The charge follows an investigation by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the RCMP's National Security Enforcement Section.
The teen, who can't be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, remains in custody after a Thursday court appearance in Brandon.
He's charged under the Criminal Code with counselling assault causing bodily harm at the direction of, or in association with, a terrorist group.
The count does not outline who was to be the target, but the Crown says under the law that does not have to be specified.
The Crown also says books, a notebook and a computer were seized from the boy's home on Wednesday, and that further charges may be laid.