UT Austin Orders Campus Evacuation; Bomb Threat Reported

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The University of Texas in Austin has ordered all buildings evacuated due to “threats on campus.”

KXAN in Austin reports:

UT Director of Communications Rhonda Weldon said the university got a call around 8:35 a.m. from a male with a middle eastern accent claiming to have placed bombs all over campus.

 

He said he was with Al Qaeda and that these bombs would go off in 90 minutes.

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