Published January 14, 2015
Authorities say a San Diego middle school was evacuated when a student's science project was mistaken for a bomb.
A Fire-Rescue spokesman says a concerned vice principal prompted the evacuation of Millennial Tech Magnet Middle School yesterday afternoon.
He says an arson team took photos and X-rays of the empty plastic bottle with wires and determined it was harmless.
He says the 11-year-old was trying to build a motion detector with instructions he found on the Internet and parts he bought online. His parents helped him buy the parts. They say they didn't realize the experiment looked threatening.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/california-middle-school-evacuated-after-science-project-mistaken-for-bomb