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A 16-year-old white high school student is in custody after her plan to attack an historically black church in Gainesville, Georgia, with knives was foiled, police said Tuesday.
The Gainesville High School student had been planning the attack at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church for several weeks, police said.
She took significant steps, including researching black churches online and visiting Bethel AME once this month, police Chief Jay Parrish said. No one was at the church at the time, he said.
Parrish said the teenager had written down how she planned to carry out the alleged plot and collected knives.
"She is a racist," the chief said, adding he wouldn't make the statement without "substantial evidence."
The Gainesville High School student had been planning the attack at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church for several weeks, police said.
She took significant steps, including researching black churches online and visiting Bethel AME once this month, police Chief Jay Parrish said. No one was at the church at the time, he said.
Parrish said the teenager had written down how she planned to carry out the alleged plot and collected knives.
"She is a racist," the chief said, adding he wouldn't make the statement without "substantial evidence."
