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Seventh Grader Faces Charges For Threatening Muslim Student

Authorities say a seventh-grader is facing criminal charges for threatening to kill a Muslim schoolmate he labeled a "son of ISIS."  School officials in the Vandalia-Butler district in suburban Dayton said the seventh-grader also may face expulsion for threatening the sixth-grade Muslim boy last week. They declined to release the suspect's name. An expulsion hearing will be held later.  According to the district, another student at Morton Middle School overheard a threat of physical harm and reported it.   A police report says the seventh-grader called the other child a terrorist and "son of ISIS" because he is Muslim. ISIS is the Islamic State terrorist group.  The report said the seventh-grader wrote an apology letter to the younger boy.

 

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