A mass attack plot targeting a Houston high school has been thwarted. The FBI and Montgomery County authorities arrested two teenage girls linked to online threats. Here’s what we know.
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Two 15- and 16-year-old girls were arrested Thursday after police found what they say was a plan for a mass attack at a high school in the Houston area.
The FBI and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office began an investigation this week after getting a tip about threats made online. The suspects were quickly arrested on Tuesday. They went to school in the Spring Branch Independent School District.
The police haven't said where the arrests happened or given any specifics about the claimed attack plan. But ABC 13 Houston says that the FBI said the plan involved guns and pipe bombs, even though no weapons or materials for making bombs have been found yet.
The 16-year-old from Memorial High School is being held on charges of making a terroristic threat in Harris County. The 15-year-old from Willis High School is being held on charges unrelated to the case.
Larry Baimbridge, the police chief for Spring Branch ISD, stated that the investigation is still ongoing and that evidence is still being examined. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said it would let people know when more information came in.
This event is a troubling reminder of the ongoing worries about school safety. The authorities are asking parents, children, and staff to report any strange behavior so that threats don't happen.
