Madrid, Oct 5 (IANS): A 21-year-old man has been arrested in Spain for plotting to blow up a university with 140 kg of explosives, Xinhua reported.
The man, identified as Jose Manuel M.S. and hailing from Palma de Mallorca in eastern Spain, planned to attack the University of the Balearic Islands.
Police said the man wrote about his hatred for society in diaries and a blog.
He allegedly professed a special hatred for university students, which was why he chose to attack the university, police said.
Reports said the man wanted to imitate an incident at a high school in Colorado, US, in 1999, when 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24.
Police said Jose Manuel considered the two US boys his "idols" and he wanted to do the same.
After having failed to obtain weapons, he decided to collect chemical and explosive substances, police said.