Article: EIGHTH-GRADE BOYS CHARGED IN NAPALM FIRES UNIVERSITY PLACE ARRESTS FOLLOW THREATS TO STUDENTS.(News)

The metal gates surrounding posh new subdivisions here are little match for the lessons available on the Internet, lessons that may have prompted a group of eighth-graders to set a rash of fires with homemade napalm.

For 10 months, the fire-setting spree has rocked this well-to-do suburban enclave south of Tacoma. Yesterday, the volatile situation came to a head.

Shortly after 10 a.m., police swooped down on Curtis Junior High School and hauled away five eighth-grade boys they believe set repeated fires after getting a recipe for napalm off an Internet Web site. The arrests came after police got word that the boys were threatening and intimidating ...

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