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Student’s explosive detonates, causing school evacuation

A Crossland High School freshman was charged with taking an explosive to school after it went off in his chemistry class Monday morning, a spokesman for the Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department said. No one was hurt, and the school was briefly evacuated. The homemade device was in the 15-year-old student’s backpack when it was detonated. – Freeman Klopott

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