Two young South Australians are facing up to 12 years in prison for threatening to kill their classmates and teachers in a Columbine-style mass shooting at their high school.
The boys, aged 17 and 20, were arrested in November 2017 after making threats to attack a school in Riverland, in the state’s southeast, using a combination of homemade explosives, firearms and hand-to-hand weapons.
They alleged the boys, who were 18 and 16 years old at the time, planned to attack the school using a combination of guns, knives and homemade explosives. The court heard this obsession earned the older boy demeaning nicknames, but his fellow students never saw him as a serious threat before his arrest.
“Yes, there were threats, and yes, that’s bad, and understandably that’s going to cause significant community concerns … but it has to be understood that this was not anything intended to be carried out.” The older of the two accused of plotting a high school massacre in South Australia. Picture: FacebookMr Boucaut called for the boy to be released immediately, saying: “He has, in my submission, done his time — well and truly.”
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