A teenager accused of bringing a bomb to his Utah high school and placing an ISIS flag at another school appeared at a preliminary hearing Friday, as prosecutors seek to have the 17-year-old face charges as an adult. The young man, who has not been identified because of his age, is accused of trying to blow up Pine View High School in St. George in March and replacing an American flag with an ISIS flag at another high school in February. ISIS-INSPIRED UTAH TEEN TRIED TO BLOW UP HIGH SCHOOL, POLICE SAYThe station reported that court documents show the teen told police that he wanted to see if he could get away with it. The documents also say he thought he’d lay low and then hang an ISIS flag on the school or freeway to make it look like ISIS was in Utah, according to the station. TEXAS TEEN PLANNED ISIS-INSPIRED MALL SHOOTING, AUTHORITIES SAYFBI Special Agent Michael Truebenbach testified he concluded that it was an "improvised incendiary device" recovered from the school, FOX13 reported.

Source: Fox News May 13, 2018 13:52 UTC