A Canadian university was evacuated Wednesday after separate media outlets received the same letter that threatened to detonate bombs targeting Muslim students.
\nThe evacuationsat Concordia University\u2019s downtown Montreal campus began around noon (1700GMT).
\nThe letter was from an organization calling itself the Council of Conservative Citizens of Canada (C4).
\n\u201cThis is a warning letter from the underground C4 chapter at Concordia University to all Muslim students,\u201d according to the letter that was published by the Montreal Gazette newspaper. \u201cNow that President [Donald] Trump is in office south of the border, things have changed.\u201d
\nThe letter continues with one of the group\u2019s members complaining to the Concordia Student Union that Friday prayers by Muslims often featured speeches that are anti-Christian and anti-Jewish.
\nThen comes the threat.
\n\u201cBetween today March 1st at noon and March 3rd at 2 pm we will DETONATE once per day small artisanal amateur explosive devices that we planted on the 2 floors of the H [building] and 1 floor of [another building] where Muslims hang out.
\n\u201cThese are not meant to kill anybody. The only aim is to injure some Moslem [sic] students. Unfortunately some non-Moslems might be collateral damage.\u201d
\nIt was signed by the \u201cC4 coordinator \u2013 Concordia University.\u201d
\nThe university\u2019s three downtown campus buildings were evacuated.
\n\u201cThe suspect [C4] sent by email that he put some explosive items inside a few places inside the buildings,\u201d Montreal police Constable Benoit Boisselle told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. \u201cLots of police are on the site right now. They looked around, they did not find any suspect items.\u201d
\nThe Concordia University website said all afternoon classes and services are cancelled and warned people to avoid buildings on the three campuses.<\/p>\n
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