Fake bomb sparks US airport alert

A 19-year-old student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology walked into Boston’s Logan International Airport on Friday with a fake bomb strapped to the outside of her sweatshirt and was arrested at gunpoint.

A 19-year-old student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology walked into Boston’s Logan International Airport on Friday with a fake bomb strapped to the outside of her sweatshirt and was arrested at gunpoint.

Star Simpson, who is from Hawaii, wore a computer circuit board, wiring and Play-Doh strapped over her black hooded sweatshirt and in plain view.

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