14-year-old girl arrested over 'terror threat' tweet to American Airlines
Twitter user @QueenDemetriax, who calls herself Sarah, tweeted the following message to the official American Airlines account:
The threat was apparently meant as a joke, but American Airlines wasn't laughing, within minutes the airline responded sternly by saying:
The conversation was quickly shared across social media with the 14-year-old quickly gaining 30,000 followers.
The girl claimed all she wanted was to be famous, but lamented finding the wrong kind of fame: "I always wanted to be famous, but I meant like Demi Lovato famous, not Osama bin laden famous"
She then regretted sending the 'joke' bomb threat.
A police spokesman in the Dutch city of Rotterdam told CNBC the girl voluntarily reported to the police station and was arrested on the advice of prosecutors at mid-afternoon Monday.
Price of stupidity - According to the official twitter of the Rotterdam police, the girl voluntarily reported to the police station accompanied by a family member and was arrested in relation to the American Airlines threat while investigation continues.
The spokesman said she is being held on suspicion of creating a false alarm and there was a lot of commotion over that tweet being sent.
Her Twitter account has since been suspended.
The girl claimed all she wanted was to be famous, but lamented finding the wrong kind of fame: "I always wanted to be famous, but I meant like Demi Lovato famous, not Osama bin laden famous"
She then regretted sending the 'joke' bomb threat.
A police spokesman in the Dutch city of Rotterdam told CNBC the girl voluntarily reported to the police station and was arrested on the advice of prosecutors at mid-afternoon Monday.
Price of stupidity - According to the official twitter of the Rotterdam police, the girl voluntarily reported to the police station accompanied by a family member and was arrested in relation to the American Airlines threat while investigation continues.
The spokesman said she is being held on suspicion of creating a false alarm and there was a lot of commotion over that tweet being sent.
Her Twitter account has since been suspended.
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