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CA youth attacks school
Teacher, Kennet Santana, who restrained the youth attacking Hillsdale High School.
“The 17-year-old held in the pipe bomb attack on a San Mateo high school was a “techno-wizard” who told his family he was building model rockets as he assembled his explosive devices from material he bought over the Internet, authorities said Tuesday.
Angry with teachers who had given him bad grades at Hillsdale High School, where he dropped out more than a year ago, and smarting over how other students there had treated him, the youth began planning the attack months ago, said law enforcement sources briefed on the interrogation of the boy.
On Monday, he walked onto the campus with 10 pipe bombs strapped to his vest and toting a chain saw in a violin case and a “martial arts-style” sword with a 2-foot blade, authorities said. He set off two bombs before faculty members wrestled him to the ground. No one was injured.
“It was a cold-blooded plan of execution,” San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer said at a news conference Tuesday. The teenager’s goal, she said, was to cause “mass casualties.”
“He was interested in hurting and maiming many people,” Manheimer said, to make up for “perceived wrongs.”
The chain saw, according to one source, was intended to “differentiate his attack” from other acts of school violence over the years.”
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SchoolTipline is relieved that no one was injured in the attack on Hillsdale High School. SchoolTipline also applauds Kennet Santana, the teacher who restrained the student, for his heroic act.
It is sad to see that today’s youth are capable of these acts of violence. Faculty, students and parents need to be aware of what is going on at the school to help increase safety. It is SchoolTipline’s hope that students will report any plans like these to administrators to prevent tragedy.
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