Teen pleads guilty to Jewish school firebombing

Anonymous Patron writes CTV.ca | Teen pleads guilty to Jewish school firebombing One of the main suspects in the firebombing of a Jewish school in Montreal has pleaded guilty to arson. In exchange, the conspiracy charge against him has been dropped.

Sleiman Elmerhebi, now 19, made the plea in a Quebec courtroom on Thursday.

The arson “was an emotional response,” Elmerhebi told the court. “I was reacting to acts of violence in the Middle East that I saw on television.””