18 year-old given suspended sentence for planned high school bomb attack

The regional court in Hradec Králové has handed a 14-month suspended sentence with two years’ probation to an 18 year-old who planned a bomb attack at his school. The boy had faced a potential sentence of up to five years in prison. The 18 year-old had sought information on chemical substances and bomb-making on the internet, in imitation of similar attacks abroad. Throughout the case, his lawyer had maintained his actions were not meant seriously. The state attorney, by contrast, said the attack was thwarted only because the authorities were alerted in time. Friday’s ruling can still be appealed.