Buildings clear at University of St. Thomas following threat

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The University of St. Thomas campus seen at night.
Peter Cox | MPR News file

The University of St. Thomas gave the all clear Tuesday morning after several buildings were evacuated on its St. Paul campus following a bomb threat.

The university tweeted the four buildings evacuated have been search and cleared, including the John Roach Center, the Anderson Student Center, the O'Shaughnessy Science Center and the Facilities Design Center.

The school says no suspicious objects have been found and that the bomb threat was general with no location given.

Similar threats have been made to the university in the recent past, including one in August and another in April. Evacuations were conducted, but nothing suspicious was found.

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