Attack rumor spreads by SMS in High School

A post-Columbine parental nightmare - rumors of a planned attack on a school - scared hundreds of Quartz Hill High School students away from school Friday, reports the LA Daily News.

" Officials estimated that 500 Quartz Hill High students stayed home or went home because of the rumors, which said that two former students arrested last month in an alleged plot against the school - or their friends - planned an attack on Friday the 13th.

The rumors spread over the myspace.com Internet Web site popular with teenagers and through students text-messaging each other on their cell phones."

emily | 7:41 PM | Spam, Viruses and Hoaxes |
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