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| One of the boys who allegedly conspired to blow up his school asked a teenager to buy hydrogen peroxide so he could "make small explosions", a court heard. | One of the boys who allegedly conspired to blow up his school asked a teenager to buy hydrogen peroxide so he could "make small explosions", a court heard. |
| Phillipa Knowles also told Manchester Crown Court Matthew Swift, 18, told her to have sympathy for the gunmen responsible for the Columbine massacre. | Phillipa Knowles also told Manchester Crown Court Matthew Swift, 18, told her to have sympathy for the gunmen responsible for the Columbine massacre. |
| He and Ross McKnight deny conspiracy to murder and cause explosions. | He and Ross McKnight deny conspiracy to murder and cause explosions. |
| They allegedly plotted a killing spree on the 10th anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado. | They allegedly plotted a killing spree on the 10th anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado. |
| 'Project Rainbow' | |
| Miss Knowles said Mr Swift had comforted her after they watched a documentary about the Columbine massacre, which took place on 20 April 1999. | Miss Knowles said Mr Swift had comforted her after they watched a documentary about the Columbine massacre, which took place on 20 April 1999. |
| She had been upset by the number of innocent victims shot dead by killers, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, but Mr Swift told her the gunmen deserved sympathy. | She had been upset by the number of innocent victims shot dead by killers, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, but Mr Swift told her the gunmen deserved sympathy. |
| Mr Swift and Ross, 16, have been accused of plotting to embark on a secret plan, codenamed Project Rainbow. | |
| It is alleged they planned to bomb Crown Point North shopping centre and then carry out a Columbine copycat attack at their school, Audenshaw High School in Greater Manchester. | |
| They were arrested in March, just over a month before they had planned to carry out their killing spree. |