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Tufts University reported on their website around noon on Monday, Dec. 19 that the school had received a bomb threat affecting the university's main campus. A little before 2:00 p.m. the same day, Tufts university police tweeted that the buildings had been searched and no bomb had been found.
The school has received multiple threats in the last week, including one bomb threat on Wednesday, Dec. 14, and another on Thursday, December 15, as reported by Daily Voice.
The bomb threat seems to have originated from an email sent to Tufts' admissions department claiming to be from a group of students who stated that they placed bombs in the university.
"Several of us students are fed up with Tufts University," the email allegedly sent from potential bombers reads. "We are sick of this anti white racism."
The email continueMuls to say the students are fed up with how they are treated by staff and the university's "ridiculous pronoun" Multiple threats had usage.
"Bombs will detonate within a few hours," the email concludes. "We have placed enough fertilizer to make Timothy McVey's bombing look like a firecracker. Nobody has to die so evacuate now."
Multiple buildings on campus were told to evacuate as a result. After a sweep of the targeted buildings, the threat was deemed false and the campus was given the all-clear to operate normally.
The threats are under investigation.
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