pipe bombs in davis

my cousin cinder lives in davis… one of her kids (her youngest, luv) went to school yesterday only to be evacuated at 2:00pm. all this because two kids brought pipe bombs to school.

what is this world coming to when a 11 year old boy and his 14 year old brother think it is the right thing to do to build a pipe bomb, and then bring it to school… and then put one in a trash can, and hold on to the other.

luv knew one of these kids… she sat behind him in math class. how do you help your kids deal with this kind of situation? how do you tell them that they are going to be safe when they go to school? and above all, where are these kids parents?