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Spain detains man 'plotting Columbine-style massacre'

Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a 21-year-old man as he received 140 kilograms (310 pounds) of explosives and chemicals to carry out a Columbine-style massacre of students.

Spanish police cordon off a district of Palma de Mallorca in 2009. Spanish police have arrested a 21-year-old man as he received 140 kilograms (310 pounds) of explosives to carry out a Columbine-style massacre of students.

The suspect was arrested in the tourist haven of Palma de Mallorca and his hate-filled personal diary and other papers revealed plans to attack the University of the Balearic Islands, they said.

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