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.
