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Campus receives three bomb threats simultaneously

Pitt has received three simultaneous bomb threats this afternoon, and is evacuating parts of… Pitt has received three simultaneous bomb threats this afternoon, and is evacuating parts of lower campus.

Pitt sent out an Emergency Notification System alert at 5:30 p.m. today notifying the campus of the threats at the Cathedral of Learning, Posvar Hall and Litchfield Tower C. The buildings are being evacuated.

These threats bring the total bomb threat count of the semester up to 16, with nine of them occurring this week. Thackeray Hall also received a bomb threat this morning at 10:15 a.m, which was cleared 45 minutes later.

Pitt Police Chief Tim Delaney said that the threats came from emails sent to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters.

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