16 Dec 2012

US student charged with plotting to bomb school

8:06 pm on 16 December 2012

Police in the American state of Oklahoma have arrested a high school student and charged him with plotting to bomb his school and shoot students.

Sammy Eaglebear Chavez (18) was detained after police learned of the plan reports the BBC.

The arrest affidavit says Mr Chavez tried to persuade other students at his school in Bartlesville to join his plot.

Local media reports say he threatened to kill pupils who refused to help him.