Boy, 12, held for plot to kill classmates

LOS ANGELES: A 12-year-old middle school student in California has been detained for plotting to shoot 23 classmates and a teacher as officials seized a cache of rifles and handguns from his home.

The student in Poway, California, sent a threatening email over the weekend to a Twin Peaks Middle School administrator stating he planned to shoot a teacher and 23 fellow students at the school this morning. Detectives from the San Diego county sheriff's department investigated the alleged threat on Saturday and found numerous rifles and handguns in the 12-year-old student's home.

According to officials, the email threat - which was sent to a school administrator on Friday night - made reference to 3,000 rounds of ammunition as well as numerous firearms in the planned shooting at the Poway middle school.
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