The two girls were waiting in the toilet for younger students that they could "overpower to be their victims", police said.<doc-sep>The two preteen girls were charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Two Florida middle school students were arrested on Tuesday after they allegedly planned to murder their classmates as a part of a violent satanic ritual that involved drinking their victims' blood, police said. Authorities at Bartow Middle School in Bartow, Florida, said two girls -- ages 11 and 12 -- were about to carry out the deadly ritual on Tuesday afternoon. A staff member, however, caught them hiding in a school bathroom with several weapons, according to police. Investigators said the girls had a goblet, knives and several other weapons. When asked to explain the items, the girls told the school principal they were planning to murder at least 15 classmates who entered the restroom as a part of the ritual, according to Bartow Police Chief Joe Hall. They were allegedly waiting for “smaller kids” that they could easily overpower and kill, Hall told "Good Morning America." “They had a strong belief in satanism and they believed the more people they killed the faster they would go to hell,” Hall said. “They were looking for easy targets that they could attack with little or no resistance.” Authorities did not disclose many details about the juvenile suspects. But police said they’d been planning the ritual since the past weekend. They were both charged with conspiracy to commit murder and it was unclear if they had obtained lawyers. “There was essentially no reaction from either of these two girls. They were not happy. They were not sad,” Hall said. “I would describe them as carefree and nonchalant about the process.” Investigators said they recovered text messages in which the girls allegedly discussed the details of the attack. They intended to eat the victims' flesh, place their body parts by the school's front entrance and kill themselves once it was over, police said. “I can’t say that I’ve ever seen anything like this,” Hall said. “The fact is that we had other students that heard a rumor and reported that information.” The school said it had beefed up security ahead of the horrifying discovery. As a precautionary measure, extra law enforcement officers would be on campus this week. There were no injuries reported as a result of the thwarted plot, officials said. ABC News' Victor Oquendo contributed to this report.<doc-sep>Two Florida girls brought knives to their middle school in an alleged attempt to kill and mutilate fellow students for satanic reasons, officials said Wednesday. No one was harmed in the foiled plot, which was discovered Tuesday at Bartow Middle School in central Florida, school officials said. Police say the girls — ages 11 and 12 — were found in a bathroom stall, allegedly with multiple knives, a pizza cutter and knife sharpener in their possession. The girls planned to commit suicide after stabbing other students, police say. "The plan was to kill at least 1 student but were hoping to kill anywhere from 15-25 students," an affidavit said. "Killing all of these students was in hopes it would make them worse sinners ensuring that after they committed suicide ... (they) would go to hell so they could be with satan." The girls allegedly hatched the plot after watching scary movies over the weekend, detectives said. The plan involved lying in wait for smaller students, mutilating their victims' bodies and drinking their victims' blood, according to authorities. 'Protecting my babies':How a mom 700 miles away may have stopped a Kentucky school shooting Also in Florida:Officials say woman lying in hammock killed by falling palm tree After the girls were arrested, investigators found messages on their phones about the plotted attack, WTVT reports. One such message read, "We will leave body parts at the entrance and then we will kill ourselves," the station reports, citing police. Bartow Chief of Police Joe Hall called the plot "horrific" in a statement posted to social media by Polk County Public Schools. Hall went on to say that officials' safety plan helped prevent the alleged attack from occurring. That plan was triggered as administrators searched for the students after they didn't show up for class Tuesday. Prosecutors will determine whether the girls will be charged as juveniles or adults, Deputy Police Chief Bryan Dorman told the Associated Press in an email. Among the charges they face: conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and possession of a weapon at school. The girls were sent to a juvenile detention facility. Contributing: The Associated Press.<doc-sep>
BARTOW, Fla. -- Two middle-school girls -- ages 11 and 12 -- brought knives to their Florida school in a foiled plot to kill classmates, cut them up and drink their blood before killing themselves, police officials said Wednesday. "They told us they were Satan worshipers," Bartow Police Chief Joe Hall said, CBS affiliate WKMG reported. The girls planned to stake out a bathroom at Bartow Middle School and wait for smaller students to enter, according to a police affidavit. They planned to cut their victims' throats, cut up their bodies and eat the flesh, authorities said. The students then planned to fatally stab themselves. "The plan was to kill at least 1 student but were hoping to kill anywhere from 15-25 students," the affidavit said. "Killing all of these students was in hopes it would make them worse sinners ensuring that after they committed suicide ... (they) would go to hell so they could be with satan." Detectives said the girls devised the plot while watching "scary" movies at one of their houses over the weekend. Detectives said the girls posted information about the planned attack on social media. Messages on their cellphones also stated they wanted to leave body parts at the school's entrance, WKMB reported. The alleged plot was foiled when administrators searched for them after they didn't show up for class Tuesday. The administrators found them in a bathroom stall and brought them back to their offices where they found the girls in possession of four knives, a pizza cutter and a knife sharpener, police said. After their arrest, the girls were sent to a juvenile detention facility. "School staff quickly responded to a report of suspicious behavior; the students were taken into custody, and no one was harmed," school officials said in a tweet. The girls face charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and possession of a weapon at school, among other charges. It will be up to prosecutors to decide whether the girls will be charged formally as juveniles or adults, Deputy Police Chief Bryan Dorman said in an email. Officials with Polk County Schools said that extra police officers and guidance counselors would be at the school this week.