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| US student arrested in school bomb |
| US student arrested in school bomb plot
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 18-August-2011
9:37:31 AM |
| Tampa police arrested an expelled student after thwarting what they called a "catastrophic" plot to set off a bomb at his former high school next week, authorities said on Wednesday.
Police Chief Jane Castor said Jared Cano, 17, had threatened to plant a device at Freedom High School in north Tampa and discharge it on the first day of school on Tuesday. He was arrested the same night after someone tipped off police about the plot.
Castor told a news conference that police and the school system "were probably able to thwart a potentially catastrophic event, the likes of which the city of Tampa has not seen, and hopefully never will."
At Cano's home, police found materials to make pipe bombs, including a fuel source, shrapnel, plastic tubing and timing and fusing devices, Castor said. Police also found a journal containing schematic drawings of rooms inside the school and statements about his intent to kill.
Castor said the minute-by-minute plan to bomb the school included his intent to cause more casualties than the 1999 Columbine High School massacre that resulted in the deaths of 13 people before the two shooters killed themselves.
The plot targeted specific school administrators and any students who were nearby, police said. They did not name the administrators. They also would not disclose who tipped them off about the plot.
Cano's mother consented to a police search at about 6:30 pm on Tuesday, Castor said. In addition to the bomb-making materials, police also found a marijuana growing operation.
Cano faces felony charges of possessing bomb-making materials, threatening to throw, project, place or discharge a destructive device, cultivating marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.
Authorities said Cano had multiple juvenile arrests. Charges have included burglary, carrying a hconcealed weapon, altering serial numbers on a firearm and drug possession.
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