Teenagers charged over ‘high school bomb plot’

THREE Wisconsin teenagers have been charged with plotting to kill fellow pupils in a Columbine-style attack with a huge arsenal of guns and bombs.

Green Bay East High School pupils William Cornell and Shawn Sturtz, both 17, and recent graduate Bradley Netwal, 18, were each charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide, punishable by up to 60 years in prison, and conspiracy to commit damage of property by use of explosives, a charge that carries up to 40 years in prison and $100,000 (€78,000) in fines.

Cornell also was charged with possessing explosives and a short-barrelled shotgun, a charge that carries up to 18 years in prison and $35,000 (€27,000) in fines.