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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Surrey, B.C., school stabbing

A man charged in the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Mehakpreet Sethi, who was found dead outside of Surrey's Tamanawis Secondary School in 2022, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and now awaits sentencing.

The victim, Mehakpreet Sethi, was found dead at a Surrey school on Nov. 22, 2022

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Surrey RCMP officers are pictured collecting evidence
RCMP officers are pictured collecting evidence at the scene where an 18-year-old was fatally stabbed at Tamanawis Secondary School in Surrey on Nov. 22, 2022. The man charged with the youth's death pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

A man charged in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in the parking lot of a Metro Vancouver high school two years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Homicide investigators say the man, who cannot be identified because he was 17 at the time of the attack, made his plea on Wednesday in provincial court in Surrey, B.C.

The stabbing happened on Nov. 22, 2022, at Surrey's Tamanawis Secondary School, where police found 18-year-old Mehakpreet Sethi dead from his injuries.

Homicide investigators took charge of the case and police identified and arrested the suspect. 

A young South Asian man is pictured in a snowy environment.
Mehakpreet Sethi, 18, died after being stabbed in the parking lot outside Tamanawis Secondary School in Surrey, B.C., on Nov. 22, 2022. (Submitted by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT))

The man was charged with second-degree murder in November 2023.

Police say a sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 9, 2025.  

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