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Teen suspended after using fake explosives in prom proposal

High School student Ibrahim Ahmad was suspended for five days for wearing a fake bomb during a prom proposal. Photo: Facebook

A student has been suspended after strapping a fake explosive device around his waist in a prom proposal stunt that spooked staff and teens at a high school in Washington, the United States, a school official said.

La Center High School student Ibrahim Ahmad was suspended for five days coinciding with the weekend dance after the lunchtime stunt in the cafeteria, La Center School District Superintendent Mark Mansell said.

In images posted on The Columbian newspaper's website, Ahmad wears a vest covered in red paper tubes and wires and holds a sign reading: "I kno it's a little late, but I'm kinda...THE BOMB! Rilea, Will U Be My Date To Prom?"

"In 'promposals' you're supposed to go big...Everyone just asks in a really creative way," Ahmad told the newspaper.

"I'm Middle Eastern, and I thought the bomb was kind of funny and clever," he added, according to the newspaper.

Mansell took the opposing view, saying that Ahmad was punished for disrupting the learning environment in the school.

"It really undermines what we are trying to accomplish in providing a safe learning environment for students," Mansell said. "He wasn't a harm to himself or others, but it was a poor choice. It was inappropriate."

Isolated laughter and loud cheers could be heard in mobile phone footage of his proposal in which a girl joins him on stage and gives him a hug.

The girl, Rilea Wolfe, said 'yes' to his proposal.

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