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M.B. Mack

Teen Angry at Friend Over Money Uses Social Media to Frame Him for International Bomb Plot

Visitors gathered near India's first Airbus A350 of Air India airline during the 'Wings India 2024', an exhibition and conference on civil aviation, at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on January 18, 2024. (Credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images)

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in India for allegedly using a fake social media account to issue bomb threats against several flights, motivated by an argument over money with a friend, according to a report.

The teenager is accused of making an X account with his friend's name to send threats to four different airlines on October 14, with the intention of framing the friend over a financial issue.

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