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| Police 'foil plot to bomb Spain's Balearic university' |
| 2012-10-04 |
| Spanish police have arrested a 21-year-old man in Palma de Mallorca on suspicion of plotting to bomb the University of the Balearic Islands. The suspect was seized as he received 140kg (310lb) of ingredients for explosives, apparently to be used for a Columbine-style massacre, police said. He reportedly kept a diary where he wrote about hating society and that he was ready to die in his attack. The suspect is believed to have been planning to plant pipe bombs on campus. He was identified only by his initials, JMMS. Montserrat Casas, the rector of UIB, as the university is known, said she was relieved that a tragedy had been avoided thanks to police action. There was no evidence, she said, that the detainee had ever studied at UIB or had had any other connection to it, nor had the university ever received any threatening letters. |
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