Teen boy held on suspicion of planting bombs outside S.F. General

2007-06-07 12:27:00 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A 16-year-old boy from Belmont was arrested Wednesday night after he allegedly placed two bombs outside San Francisco General Hospital.

The boy was found to be in possession of a third explosive when he was arrested, San Francisco police said. They did not immediately describe the bombs.

The first bomb was found when police responded to a call of a suspicious device in front of a hospital building at 877 Potrero Ave., police said. After arresting the boy in Belmont, police found a similar bomb hidden in the bushes behind the hospital, authorities said.

The explosives were rendered safe by the Police Department's bomb squad.

The boy was arrested on suspicion of four counts of possession of an explosive device and "similar charges," police said. His name was not released.