UT campus under evacuation order | The Blotter
UT campus under evacuation order | The Blotter.
If you are on the campus of UT Austin, please evacuate safely.
“UPDATE, 10 a.m.: UT officials said in a statement:
At 8:35 a.m. the university received a call from a male with a middle eastern accent claiming to have placed bombs all over campus. He said he was with Al Qaeda and these bombs would go off in 90 minutes. President Powers was notified and it was decided to evacuate all of the buildings out of an abundance of caution.
EARLIER: The University of Texas emergency alert system posted the following notice:
Evacuation due to threats on campus. Immediately evacuate ALL buildings and get as far away as possible. More information to come.
A UT official told the American-Statesman that the university had received multiple bomb threats to multiple buildings.”