GAINESVILLE (Georgia, US), Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A white teenager has been arrested over plans to massacre a predominantly black church in Georgia.
But for the timely intervention of authority, police said this would have probably been another instance like the Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, who killed nine black parishioners at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015.
According to the Gainesville Police, the teen allegedly had a notebook detailing her plans to kill worshippers at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
“Our investigation indicated the church was targeted by the juvenile based on the racial demographic of the church members.
“Students, school administrators and law officers worked together to thwart a “potentially horrific incident,” Gainesville Police Chief Jay Parrish said in a statement.
The 16-year-old’s name has not been disclosed and details of the alleged plot haven’t been released either.
The plot came to the attention of the police when Gainesville High School students told administrators the 16-year-old kept a notebook detailing her plans to kill worshippers at the church, according to the parish.
The teen collected knives and even visited the church in a bid to execute the massacre, police said.
The girl is charged with criminal attempt to commit murder and she is being held in a youth detention center in Gainesville. — NNN-AGENCIES
