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Police in Bountiful, Utah, arrested two teenagers, both high school students, for exploding homemade chemical bombs forcing Bountiful High School to close for 2 hours.

April 11, Associated Press – (Utah) Police in Bountiful, Utah, arrested two teenagers, both high school students, for exploding chemical bombs in what authorities described as a prank.

A Bountiful police sergeant said a plastic bottle filled with household chemicals and hydrochloric acid exploded in a stairwell at Bountiful High School, April 11.

A second, similar bomb exploded in a nearby church parking lot.

Police closed the school for 2 hours while searching for additional bombs.

Link: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/11843028-418/two-students-arrested-for-exploding-chemical-bombs-at-utah-high-school.html

Source: Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, 13 April 2012

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