Bombing suspects held for psychiatric assessment | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
Subscribe

Would you like to subscribe to our newsletter?

Current Conditions Mostly Cloudy  3.1°C

Penticton News

Bombing suspects held for psychiatric assessment

This hole was caused by shrapnel following the Aug. 11 car bombing in Oliver.
Image Credit: Contributed RCMP

OLIVER - A pair of brothers believed responsible for bombing a car in Oliver will undergo psychiatric assessment before returning to court on Nov. 20.

Stephan, 19, and Eric Daoust, 23, were before Penticton Provincial Court on Monday to learn they will be held in custody and assessed. The two face one count each of placing or throwing explosive to damage property.

Their arrest came after a two-month investigation into a car bombing on Aug. 11 in Oliver. RCMP said a homemade explosive device had exploded under a vehicle parked in an alleyway between Okanagan Street and Earle Crescent. A piece of shrapnel from the blast flew through and into a building.

Police also said the pair might have been targetting a particular person.

To contact a reporter for this story, to send photos or videos, email Shannon Quesnel at squesnel@infotelnews.ca, call 250-488-3065, send tweets to @shannonquesnel1 or @InfoNewsPentict. You can also check out Shannon Quesnel or Infotel News on Facebook.

News from © iNFOnews, 2013
iNFOnews

  • Popular penticton News
View Site in: Desktop | Mobile