Petaluma

Students arrested after lighting explosive device at Petaluma school

NBC

A Petaluma school was placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after a reported explosion on campus, according to police.

Two students at Kenilworth Junior High School were arrested for lighting a "commercial grade explosive device similar to that of an M-1000," police said. No students or campus staff were injured in the incident, according to police.

Police said both students were arrested on the following charges: felony possession of an explosive device, felony vandalism, and conspiracy to commit a crime.

A bomb-sniffing dog was also walked through the campus and did not find anything else.

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