Student bombs class

[Captain Japan]

Japanese Student Throws Explosive in Class

TOKYO - A high school student in southern Japan threw an explosive into a classroom on Friday, injuring at least 10 people, police said.

The motive was not immediately clear.

The 18-year-old student was arrested at the scene of the attack in Hikari public high school in Yamaguchi state, police spokesman Katsunoru Uchida said.

Kyodo News agency and public broadcaster NHK said the explosive resembled a firebomb. They said around 50 people were injured, one seriously.

[L S]

I was going to make fun of this, but then read the last paragraph...

They said around 50 people were injured, one seriously.

That's a lot of burned people!

[dimwit]

Apparently no one in Japan has ever heard of a stink bomb.

[Pizzicatoblue]

That student must had a grudge against that school. People don't know what makes other people tick these days. Such a messed up society.

[kamome]

When I was teaching in Japan, one dude let off a smokebomb during gradation. I thought it was funny as hell, but the principal was so pissed off, he nearly failed the guy and prevented him from graduating.

[Taro Toporific]

[AssKissinger]

That student must had a grudge against that school. People don't know what makes other people tick these days. Such a messed up society.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050611/ap_on_re_as/classroom_attack

News reports said the boy told police he made the explosive using instructions found on the Internet and had planned the attack because his "pride had been hurt" repeatedly by other students and that he "had a grudge."

School officials and news reports described the boy as quiet, courteous and a conscientious student who never skipped class and had an academic record "above average." The suspect's name was being withheld because he is a minor under Japanese law.

But they also described a loner who was often bullied since middle school and was extremely withdrawn.

"Of course we will be looking into whether bullying may have had something to do with the incident," Fukano said.

[dimwit]