Multiple universities close after being hit by bomb threat

Multiple universities have closed with students evacuated after they received bomb threats.

Towson University, Morgan State University and the Elvey Building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, in the US all reported bomb threats today. The Towson University Police Department sent out an emergency notification about the bomb threat being received.

Police said the threat was for University Union and that students "should evacuate if in that building."

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