Police in the Netherlands have arrested a 14-year-old girl on suspicion of
threatening American Airlines in a tweet. Police have stated that the girl, who has not been identified for privacy reasons,
turned herself in to Rotterdam police in the company of a parent Monday and is
now being interrogated. The tweet posted
Sunday said it came from an al-Qaida member in Afghanistan named Ibrahim and
threatened to “do something really big on June 1.” But the account’s handle came
with the nickname “Sarah” and a profile image of a young woman. Apologetic tweets
were posted to the account after the airline replied it was taking the threat
seriously and calling in law enforcement. The motive for the tweet is not yet known.
ANALYSIS: I found this hilarious. To see people like this do something so stupid is worth a laugh. This also shows how bad "trolls" can be when it comes to making fake terrorist attacks. It's not worth it for me to explain why this teen was stupid enough to pull this off. Moral of the story kids: Don't make fake terrorist attack claims on Twitter, or you'll get arrested.
I think this person 100% deserves to be arrested. Terrorist threats aren't a joke, and I think it's completely insensitive of her to tweet something like this because of the hundreds of people who have died as a result of terrorist attacks.
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