Local student glad all are safe at UCF

A University of Central Florida student who pulled a dormitory fire alarm in the middle of the night had a more sinister plan than sending students scurrying out into the Orlando night, authorities said. 

Campus police said that 30-year-old James Oliver Seevakumaran — who shot himself in the head as officers arrived early Monday, March 18, before any other students were hurt — was armed with two guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a backpack filled with explosives and a plan to attack other students as they fled the seven-story dorm where he lived. 

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