Bomb prom: Invite to dance backfires

Student banned from prom

Well, it didn't entirely blow up in Ibrahim Ahmad's face. At least he got the girl.

Ahmad, a Washington state high school student, invited a girl to prom by strapping a fake bomb on his waist with a sign that read "I'm kinda the bomb! Will u be my date to prom?"

According to an NBC News report, Ahmad was suspended for five days and was also banned from the prom, despite his intended date saying yes.

He told The Columbian newspaper that he thought the bomb idea was "funny and clever" because of his Middle Eastern descent.

A statement from the district superintendent said that "even simulated weapons can undermine our efforts to create a safe school," the NBC News story said.

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