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Boy charged in fake bomb threat that closed middle school

By AP/KWMU

St. Louis – A student in Hazelwood has been arrested for making a bomb threat that closed down a school Wednesday.

The boy allegedly called 911 to say a bomb had been planted at Northwest Middle School.

Police say the boy made the call from a pay phone. He's in the custody of the St. Louis County Family Court on a charge of making a terrorist threat.

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