Texas teenager arrested after a homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in Texas after a homemade clock he wanted to show his school teachers was mistaken for a bomb.

Ahmed Mohamed brought it into MacArthur High School in Irving to show his engineering teacher.

Another teacher saw it and, concerned it looked like a bomb, alerted school authorities who called the police.

This report is from ABC America.