Police arrest three students after talk of school attack
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Posted 8:07AM on Wednesday, May 15, 2002
TAYLOR, MICHIGAN - Three students at a Detroit-area high school say they weren't being serious - but police aren't so sure. <br>
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Police in Taylor, Michigan have arrested the three male students after they allegedly talked about ways to attack Kennedy High School with guns, pipe bombs and a machete. <br>
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The Detroit Free Press reports police say the students are fans of Spider Man and fantasize about having super-powers. The students say they never seriously plotted to hurt anyone. <br>
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Police say the students had been talking about the ``Spider-Man'' movie and how having super-powers would be cool - when the discussion turned to committing violence.