Boy turns up at school with grenade*

 From correspondents in Washington

April 25, 2007 03:18am
Article from: Agence France-Presse

A PRIMARY school in Texas was evacuated briefly after a pupil showed up
with a grenade, school district authorities said.

The fourth-grade student at Old Union primary school in Southlake
brought to school “a hand grenade with a pin still in it,” the local
school district said on its website.

After students, teachers and staff were evacuated to a nearby church, a
bomb disposal team removed the device and it was rendered “inactive,”
the Carroll independent school district said.

The pupils and school staff then returned to class later in the morning.

“All students are safe and accounted for,” the district said.

Authorities said there was no sign the boy was angry or troubled.

“The boy wasn't mad at anyone,” Corporal Mike Bedrich, of the Southlake
Department of Public Safety, said.

“He just thought it would be cool to bring it to school.”