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School revenge plot

Fairbanks (U.S.): Six students in a small Alaska town were arrested on suspicion of plotting to bring guns and knives to school and kill fellow students. The arrests on Saturday stem from an investigation into rumours reported to police earlier in the week about the students' plans in North Pole, a town of 1,600 people about 23 km southeast of Fairbanks, said police said. The unidentified students wanted to seek revenge for being picked on by other students to disliking staff and students. The boys are in seventh grade, in which students are around 13 years old. The students had planned to disable North Pole Middle School's power and telephone systems, allotting time to kill their victims and escape from town. Police did not immediately release details of any evidence against the suspects. In the mid-western State of Kansas, five teenagers suspected of planning a shooting rampage at their high school were arrested on Thursday.

— AP

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