Swedish prosecutors have charged two teenage boys with planning an armed attack on their school on the sixth anniversary of the shootings at Columbine in the US which claimed 15 lives.
The two, aged 16 and 17, planned to "rob as many people as possible of their lives" by attacking the Slottsstadens school in the southern city of Malmo with home-made bombs and guns, according to the prosecutor's charge sheet.
The attack was planned for April 20th, 2005, the sixth anniversary of the shootings at Columbine High School when two pupils murdered 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves, the charge sheet said.
The older Swedish boy has admitted planning the attack but the younger boy has denied the charges, the prosecutor's office said.
According to the charge sheet police found material on the younger student's computer which describes the two boys training with rifles and explosives and a plan of how the attack on the school would be carried out.
Police also recovered chemicals which the charges allege could have been used for criminal acts.
According to the prosecutor's office, the two boys face a variety of other charges including attempted robbery. The younger of the two has also been charged with sexual molestation and child pornography and possession of a hunting rifle.