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Three Long Island Teens Arrested After Allegedly Conspiring to Detonate Bomb at High School

Students overheard the trio discuss building the bomb while on the bus ride home Wednesday, and informed a school administrator

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  • Three Long Island teens were arrested after conspiring to build a bomb and detonate it at their high school.
  • Students overheard the trio discuss building the bomb while on the bus ride home Wednesday.
  • Suffolk County cops arrested the three 16-year-olds at the Bohemia school Thursday morning.

Three teens were arrested after allegedly conspiring to build a bomb and detonate it at their Long Island high school.

The trio was overheard discussing building the bomb while on the bus ride home on Wednesday, according to officials. Multiple students informed an administrator at Connetquot High School, who called police Thursday morning.

Suffolk County cops arrested the three 16-year-olds at the Bohemia school, charging them with conspiracy to detonate the bomb.

Upon searching the homes of the students, police said one was found to be in possession of The Anarchist Cookbook, which contains instructions on how to build explosives.

All three were arraigned in youth court on Thursday.

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