[whatshisface]

Woah, I've never heard the story told like that. Could you link me to an article or something? If true that's pretty depressing, I've seen a lot of kids randomly blessed by corporate PR teams that want to look like they're supporting education but I thought at least that story was true. (It's not hard to make a clock and electronics in public places have caused a silly bomb scare before...)

[Danihan]

It's mostly explained that way on the Wikipedia article, if you read between the lines a bit.

His sister was also suspended from school for a bomb threat, so it seems to be a sort of recurring pattern with his family.