US university evacuated over bomb threat
Updated: 2013-03-27 14:55
(Xinhua)
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HOUSTON - A university in the US state of Texas on Tuesday evacuated its campus due to an anonymous bomb threat.
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) closed its campus at 2 pm (1900 GMT) after officials received word of a bomb threat. The campus reopened at 7 pm Tuesday (0000 GMT Wednesday) after campus police searched all buildings, the school said in a statement.
UTEP canceled all of its Tuesday afternoon and evening activities, but said classes would resume Wednesday.
School officials declined to release details of the threat, citing an "ongoing investigation".
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