March 07, 2008	Friday	Safar 28, 1429

LOS ANGELES, March 6: A 19-year-old student was arrested after authorities found a homemade explosive device on a California university campus, prompting evacuations of 450 fellow students, officials said.

There were no injuries reported in the dormitory incident late on Wednesday and early Thursday at the University of California, Davis, northeast of San Francisco, the school said in a statement.

“We evacuated students as a precaution. We do not expect further disruption to the university,” said Fred Wood, vice chancellor for student affairs. “We are confident that university police and other local law enforcement agencies have the situation contained.”

Police arrested Mark Christopher Woods, 19, of Torrance, California.

He was charged with felony possession of chemicals to make explosives and felony possession of explosive materials on school grounds, UC Davis said.—AFP