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Student Facing Years in Jail After Making 'Joke' About Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu in Group Chat
Campus police said the 23-year-old admitted sending two messages in a 215-member WhatsApp chat, and bond was set at $5,000.
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‘Drop Some Bonbons’: Florida Student Fined After Jokingly Asking Benjamin Netanyahu To Drop Bombs on Her College in WhatsApp Group Chat
A Florida International University student was arrested after allegedly posting bomb threat messages in a WhatsApp group, including a remark referencing Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Authorities said the threat targeted a campus event venue. The student later called it a joke but now faces charges, with bond set at USD 5,000. ‘Drop Some Bonbons’: Florida Student Fined After Jokingly Asking Benjamin Netanyahu To Drop Bombs on Her College in What…
Drop some bonbons: US student arrested for asking Netanyahu to bomb her campus
Police officials interpreted the word “bonbons” as a reference to bombs, concluding that Saldana wanted to attack a capstone event at Florida International University’s Ocean Bank Convocation Center.
FIU Student Arrested After Asking Netanyahu to 'Drop Bombs' on Her Campus in a WhatsApp Chat She Called a Joke
A 23-year-old Florida International University student is facing a felony charge after two messages she sent in a 215-person student WhatsApp group chat drew a swift response from campus police and, eventually, a Miami-Dade bond court. Gabriela Saldana was arrested in the early hours of 17 April 2026, hours after FIU campus police investigated a written threat transmitted to a large student group discussing a forthcoming event at the university'…
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