Students from Clara's school were arrested for plans of school shooting: "I am surprised that someone from the school could think that way"

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Schoolchildren from Clara's school were arrested for plans of school shooting: 'I'm surprised that someone from the school could think like that'

Alminde-Viuf Community School was hit by a big shock a few days before the start of school.

13-year-old Clara Mølund Grønborg begins in 8th grade at Alminde-Viuf Community School on Monday. (Photo: © Nicklas Elkjær - DR) 47 minutes ago

A 15-year-old boy is charged with attempted murder, after South Jutland Police received a report regarding the planning of a school shooting.

The 15-year-old boy is remanded in custody for four weeks, while two other young people under the criminal underworld have also been arrested in the case, but have been released after the interrogation.

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The three young people go to Alminde-Viuf Community School a little north of Kolding, and the news came as a surprise for 13-year-old Clara Mølund Grønborg, who begins in 8th grade at the school on Monday.

- I haven't really been afraid of it, but I was surprised that there could be someone from the school who could think like that, for I think it's a really good school, she says.

> I think maybe more, that it is thought-provoking, what it does in the long run

> to Kolding, that there are children who can end up so radically so early.

> Lolly Melanie Torbensen, mother of a child at Sct. Michaels School

On Monday, school starts, and Clara Mølund Grønborg and her classmates will begin the year with a school trip to Bornholm. And she is completely confident in returning.

- I am very confident in starting again, for I am sure that the school has control over it, and there has not been anything, and I don't think there will be anything, she says.

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Parents at Sct. Michaels School are reassured

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While the three young people who were arrested by the police go to Alminde-Viuf Community School, it was students from Sct. Michaels School in central Kolding, according to the police, who were named as concrete targets.

Lolly Melanie Torbensen has a child at Sct. Michaels School, and despite the violent message, she is ready to send her children to school again on Monday.

- The thought is that it has been taken care of, so I think we don't need to worry more about it. I think maybe more, that it is thought-provoking, what it does in the long run to Kolding, that there are children who can end up so radically so early. But to send my children to school, I have no problem with.

* Both Bjørn Hansen and Lolly Melanie Torbensen are reassured in sending their children to school at Sct. Michaels School on Monday. (Photo: © Nicklas Elkjær - DR)

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The same feeling has Bjørn Hansen, who also has a child at the school.

- I think with the messages that have come from the police and the school, that it seems like a sensible handling of the concrete case. So my stomach feeling is actually good in relation to sending them to school.

Back at Alminde-Viuf Community School, Clara Mølund Grønborg also has only praise for the school's and the police's handling of the case.

- I have heard what I should hear, and I have no need for more or fewer details, it's very fine, what I have heard.

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