..... but not a muslim in sight.
A teenager is to be charged with attempted murder after he allegedly planned to carry out a bomb attack on his high school.
Grant Acord, 17, was arrested after police in Oregon received a tip-off that he was making a bomb to blow up West Albany High School.
Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson said six bombs were later found in a secret compartment in his bedroom.
These included pipe bombs, a Drano bomb, a napalm bomb and Molotov cocktails.
No other devices were found during a search of West Albany High, which lies about 75 miles south of Portland.
Mr Haroldson said Acord had written plans, checklists and a timeline for the attack and had evidently been "inspired by the model of the Columbine shootings" in 1999.
He said Acord would be treated as an adult and would also face six counts of manufacturing and possessing a destructive device.
Mr Haroldson said he was not aware the teenager had any major problems, such as a suspension, at school.
"In any case that you have a young person that in essence plans to take a video game approach to killing people at school, you have to take a close look at the mental health issues," he said.
"And the process will certainly provide for that once he's represented by counsel."
He added it did not appear Acord was targeting a specific person or group of people.
He said Acord would probably appear in court on Tuesday.
"I can't say enough about how lucky we are that there was an intervention," he pointed out.
"When I look at the evidence in the case, I shudder to think of what could have happened here."
http://news.sky.com/story/1095694/school-bomb-plot-teenager-arrested-in-oregon
A teenager is to be charged with attempted murder after he allegedly planned to carry out a bomb attack on his high school.
Grant Acord, 17, was arrested after police in Oregon received a tip-off that he was making a bomb to blow up West Albany High School.
Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson said six bombs were later found in a secret compartment in his bedroom.
These included pipe bombs, a Drano bomb, a napalm bomb and Molotov cocktails.
No other devices were found during a search of West Albany High, which lies about 75 miles south of Portland.
Mr Haroldson said Acord had written plans, checklists and a timeline for the attack and had evidently been "inspired by the model of the Columbine shootings" in 1999.
He said Acord would be treated as an adult and would also face six counts of manufacturing and possessing a destructive device.
Mr Haroldson said he was not aware the teenager had any major problems, such as a suspension, at school.
"In any case that you have a young person that in essence plans to take a video game approach to killing people at school, you have to take a close look at the mental health issues," he said.
"And the process will certainly provide for that once he's represented by counsel."
He added it did not appear Acord was targeting a specific person or group of people.
He said Acord would probably appear in court on Tuesday.
"I can't say enough about how lucky we are that there was an intervention," he pointed out.
"When I look at the evidence in the case, I shudder to think of what could have happened here."
http://news.sky.com/story/1095694/school-bomb-plot-teenager-arrested-in-oregon
