'We are relieved to report that this threat appears to have been a hoax. A cruel hoax; but, thankfully, just a hoax,' Cornell representatives said in a statement.
that the threats"were deemed not credible by the NYPD and the campus buildings have been cleared for reoccupancy."
Brown University's officials said in a statement that officers were called in after a bomb threat was made over the phone. Then, at around 5:45 p.m., the school announced that investigators found no evidence of a credible threat. "Buildings that had been evacuated are now reopened, and university operations have resumed as normal," the school said in a statement.around 4:10 p.m. as officers investigated the threats. Around 7:34, the school said there was no credible threat and reopened the campus.
"We are relieved to report that this threat appears to have been a hoax. A cruel hoax; but, thankfully, just a hoax," Cornell representativesPedestrians walk down a path on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, June 12, 2015. Police closed down Yale's campus and some local businesses for over four hours before they gave an all clear, ABC affiliateLater Sunday night, the NYPD tweeted that the ordeal at Columbia was a"swatting incident," and they will continue to investigate.ABC News' Jason Volack and Darren Reynolds contributed to this report.
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