New Brunswick RCMP impose peace bond on youth accused of participating in terrorism
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FREDERICTON – New Brunswick RCMP have accused a youth of participating in terrorist activities involving the 764 Network, an online group recently added to Canada’s list of terrorist entities.
The Mounties say the youth is now subject to a terrorism peace bond — the second imposed on a youth in New Brunswick this month — after police in Fredericton arrested a youth for uttering threats and public mischief.
Police say terrorism peace bonds are used when investigators believe a terrorist offence may be carried out before enough evidence can be gathered to secure a conviction in court.
RCMP allege the youth used online sites to promote 764, members of which police say use social media and online gaming platforms to spread violent narratives and radicalize people.
Police are also accusing the youth of coercing victims to commit self-harm and making threats against schools in the province and in the United States.
The youth, who has appeared in provincial youth court in Fredericton, is now subject to strict conditions spelled out in the peace bond — but the Mounties did not say what those conditions were.
Earlier this month, New Brunswick RCMP announced that another youth had been arrested for facilitating terrorist activity following a separate investigation in late 2025, but the Mounties’ reasons for imposing a peace bond were less clear.
In a statement issued Feb. 4, RCMP said the case was part of a broader trend involving radicalized youth exposed to extremist online content.
The identities of the two youths are protected from publication under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and the RCMP said they will not be commenting on either case.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 19, 2026.