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From the Montreal Gazette:
My schools is currently being evacuated due to a bomb threat against the school due to Muslims, this seems a little more motivated than someone just trying to get out of writing exams.
Montreal police are investigating after a letter was sent to media outlets Wednesday threatening to set off bombs targeting Muslim students in two Concordia University buildings.
The letter, which was sent to the Montreal Gazette as well as several other media outlets, suggests bombs will be set off at two buildings this week – the Hall building on de Maisonneuve Blvd. and the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts building on Ste-Catherine St.
Between Monday and Thursday, one of the buildings is hosting an Islamic Awareness Week.
The university ordered the evacuation of the two buildings around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Classes have been cancelled in those two buildings.
The letter, purportedly from a group that calls itself Council of Conservative Citizens of Canada, complains about Muslim students at Concordia. “Now that President Drumpf is in office south of the border, things have changed,” the letter says.
Montreal police spokesperson Benoit Boisselle said several officers are at Concordia investigating. “We don’t know yet whether the threat is founded,” he said.
Concordia spokersperson Chris Mota said the university also received the letter.
She said she knows of no other threats made against Muslim students at Concordia.
My schools is currently being evacuated due to a bomb threat against the school due to Muslims, this seems a little more motivated than someone just trying to get out of writing exams.