Person in custody after series of antisemitic threats against Cornell University's Jewish community

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Person in custody after series of antisemitic threats against Cornell University's Jewish community
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A person is in custody in connection with a series of antisemitic online threats made against Cornell University's Jewish community, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement Tuesday, two days after the messages first surfaced.

"Earlier today, law enforcement identified a person of interest as part of the investigation and this individual is currently in the custody of the New York State Police for questioning," Hochul said in Tuesday's statement, noting she had promised Cornell students the state "would do everything possible to find the perpetrator who threatened a mass shooting and antisemitic violence on campus.

The online messages came to light Sunday and included threats to shoot Jewish students at the 104 West building, which houses their kosher dining hall, and messaging encouraging others to harm Jews, according to the school's student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun. The threats emerged amid a reported spike in antisemitic incidents as a war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas rages in the Middle East: The Anti-Defamation League has said antisemitic incidents in the US increased nearly 400% in the days after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, and FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a Senate hearing Tuesday that antisemitism was reaching "historic levels" in the United States.

There are about 3,000 undergraduate and 500 graduate Jewish students at Cornell, and they comprise about 22% of the student body, according to the school's, which had warned students and staff Sunday evening to avoid 104 West "out of an abundance of caution."

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