Crime & Safety

11 Year Old's Homemade Bomb Triggers Call to Police

An 11-year-old boy has been turned over to juvenile authorities after he reportedly made a bomb from instructions on the Internet.

An 11-year-old boy is in the hands of juvenile authorities after his parents discovered he made a bomb from instructions on the Internet.

The boy's parents alerted the Des Peres Police Department of the bomb and firefighters diffused the device, KMOV reported Wednesday evening

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