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An Alberta teen charged with planning to join the Islamic State terrorist group has been granted bail.

The teen, who was 17 when he was arrested in Beaumont last March, looked on placidly Monday as lawyers and Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Donna Shelley discussed various restrictions he will face when he is released.

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Those conditions must be finalized before he can leave custody, which could happen as early as Tuesday. The identity of the teen and Shelley’s reasons for granting bail, are subject to a court-ordered publication ban.

The accused was previously twice denied bail, the last time in May. The reasons for those denials also cannot be published.

The youth faces two terrorism-related charges after his arrest by the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team. He is charged with attempting to leave Canada to join a terrorist group and, on the second charge, to participate in terrorist activity.

Once outside the country, the youth intended to commit an offence, “namely murder, in circumstances that constitute terrorist activity,” the charges state.

The trial has been tentatively set for the end of October next year and could run as long as six weeks.

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