Two charged in Halifax mass murder plot

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Police in Halifax say they foiled a plot that would have caused a Valentine’s Day massacre.

Police say the plan was to open fire into crowds at a Halifax shopping mall and they were able to thwart the plan because they got a tip through Crimestoppers

After that tip police surrounded a home in a Halifax suburb where they found a 19-year-old suspect dead.

Police seized three long-barrelled rifles.

A 17-year-old was investigated and released for lack of evidence.

23-year-old Lindsay Souvannarath from Illinois and 20-year-old Randall Shepherd from Halifax have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

On Saturday justice minister Peter Mackay said the woman who was charged and the 19-year-old who was found dead were communicating online.

RCMP say they do not consider the alleged plot as terrorism.