Latest News:  

English>>World

U.S. student arrested for threatening to bring gun to school

(Xinhua)

10:22, January 11, 2013

HOUSTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A middle school student in the U.S. state of Texas has been arrested after being accused of threatening to bring a gun to school, local media reported Thursday.

The detention of the 11-year-old fifth-grader at Rogers Middle School in the city of Pearland came after the student made the threat Wednesay following an argument with a classmate, the Houston Chronicle quoted officials as saying.

The student did not return to school on Thursday, said Kim Hocott, spokeswoman for Pearland Independent School District, adding that no weapon was brought to school.

District administrators and Pearland police have begun an investigation, and police presence was increased at the school on Thursday.

School district officials said they are taking "appropriate measures to discipline the student."

"Our top priority is maintaining a safe and secure educational environment for our students, and we immediately investigate rumors connected to their safety," Hocott said.

"We encourage students to talk to a trusted adult if they hear or see anything out of the ordinary or suspicious," she added.

We recommend:

Please 'jump' with us to New Year!

Snowflakes-future Olympic stars

Famous female political leaders

Extremely weird world

Severe winter hits the world

What an enjoyable life!

Email|Print|Comments(Editor:李想、姚春)

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Nanjing MAC organizes air-landing training

  2. China's destroyer conducts live-fire drill

  3. First humanoid robot at Int’l Space Station

  4. Gunshot reported in Changsha street

  5. Ugly 'Tower of Large Intestine' found

  6. Wonderful falcon game in Xinjiang

  7. KFC apologizes for chicken scandal

  8. Pianist Lang Lang holds new year concert

  9. Beautiful lanterns decorated in Suzhou

  10. Love around familiar places

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. When Chinese wives meet American mothers-in-law
  2. Will you leave a city because of cold?
  3. Labor system reform renders salute to Constitution
  4. China's yuan unlikely to appreciate sharply in 2013
  5. Good times gone?
  6. Salaries stifled amid sluggish exports
  7. China to surpass U.S. by 2049: report
  8. Proposed Beijing law seeks data on charities
  9. 2012: turning point for Chinese swimming
  10. Debate rages online: Bribes or donations?

What’s happening in China

A web user recently posted a photo of a twisted building in the suburb of Beijing, calling it "Tower of Large Intestine".

  1. China charity donates over 1.6 bln yuan
  2. Relief supplies rushed to freeze-hit south China
  3. Left-behind children to be registered, educated
  4. Ministry boosts orphan care by private agencies
  5. Beijing court jails plane bomb hoaxer