Five New Jersey fifth-graders were arrested Wednesday after their teachers discovered their plot to “bomb” a high school event.
North Jersey.com reported that police got a call from school officials around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday saying they had found written plans by the grade schoolers to bring an explosive device to a Clifton, New Jersey high school during a scheduled field trip.
The Clifton Elementary School #11 students, four girls and one boy aged 10 -11, were suspended from school and released to their parents after speaking with police.
Police investigators later found a “device,” but said the vinegar and cinnamon-filled item was “benign” and not an explosive.
Still, Clifton Police spokesman Robert Bracken insisted “it wasn’t a prank” and while the children didn’t have the right equipment, “the intent was there.”
The event the students were slated to attend was canceled after the incident.
