Homemade bomb found at US school

A US teen has been accused of taking a homemade bomb to his high school in Oregon, causing a campus evacuation, according to police.

The St. Helens Police Department said in a statement that the boy was accused of hiding the bomb in his locker at St. Helens High School, Reuters reported on Saturday.

The school staff contacted the police to report about the information they had on a student keeping the explosive device in his locker.

"When the student was confronted, he admitted that he did bring a homemade explosive device to school and placed it in his locker," police said in a statement.

Following the report, the high school students were taken to a nearby elementary school by bus.