Boys charged with death plot

Paradise, California - Three boys have been charged with plotting to kill students and teachers at their school in northern California…

Paradise, California - Three boys have been charged with plotting to kill students and teachers at their school in northern California in an act inspired by the Columbine High School massacre, police said yesterday.

Paradise Police Chief Paul Walters said the trio, one aged 12 and the others 13, were charged with criminal conspiracy on Tuesday after an investigation turned up lists of potential targets and plans to acquire or build weapons.

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