An 18-year old student in South Carolina was charged last week with an attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Ryan Schallenberger planned to put together at least five bombs and place them around his high school in a suicide attack. The plot to attack his high school was found in his journal after he was arrested. This journal consists of more than 50 pages about his plot, as well as praise for the shooting at Columbine High. He also wrote about how he knew what he was doing was wrong. Schallenberger was arrested after his parents called the police because they got a delivery notice for the 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate, the same fertilizer used in the Oklahoma City Bombing, he had ordered. He is being charged on 3 federal counts as well at on the state level.
It seems like every month now you are reading about students planning an attack on their school. At least in this case the parents were able to stop it before something tragic happened.
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