NY school bus plot busted
Two teenagers were charged with conspiring to attack a suburban New York high school on the anniversary of the Columbine attacks after a chilling journal and videotape surfaced.
By Agencies |
NEW YORK: Two teenagers were charged with conspiring to attack a suburban New York high school on the anniversary of the Columbine attacks after a chilling journal and videotape surfaced in which one teen identifies several potential victims by name, authorities said.
"I will start a chain of terrorism in the world," a 15-year-old suspected of planning the assault allegedly wrote in the journal, which led to his arrest. "This will go down in history. Take out everyone there. Perfecto."
Both teens were charged with misdemeanor conspiracy, punishable by up to a year in jail. Authorities said the two suspects, co-workers at a suburban McDonald's, targeted scores of students in an attack they planned for April 20, 2008 — the ninth anniversary of the Columbine High School rampage, where 12 students and a teacher were killed in Littleton, Colorado.
The two teens planned to attack Connetquot High School in Bohemia, about 80 km east of New York City, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said. The 15-year-old was the driving force behind the plan, authorities said, and was recently suspended for making threats of violence. AP
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