A bomb threat affecting two libraries at the University of Virginia was cleared after a three-hour police investigation on Friday. The threat came just one day after an ISIS-supporting terrorist shot three people, killing one, across the state at Old Dominion University.
University of Virginia police told people to “avoid the area” at Shannon Library on the Charlottesville campus just before 10:50 a.m. over reports of a bomb threat. The university’s Department of Safety and Security later added that authorities were “investigating evacuating both Clemmons and Shannon Libraries.” The libraries are across the street from each other.
University authorities said at 1:42 p.m. ET that the threat was “cleared” and “no device” was found on campus.
“Shannon and Clemons Libraries are returning to normal operations. You may resume normal activity. No further updates,” the Department of Safety and Security said.
The bomb scare added to heightened fears in the United States following a suspected terrorist attack in New York City last week, where two men are accused of attempting to throw homemade bombs into a crowd of people and police officers outside Gracie Mansion.
On Thursday, terrorist Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, who was previously convicted of supporting ISIS, killed one person and wounded two more were wounded when he opened fire in an ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk is around 170 miles southeast of Charlottesville.
Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shah, a decorated military here who was teaching the class, was killed after Jalloh shot him multiple times. The terrorist was killed by “a group of brave students who stepped in and subdued him,” according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
Shortly after the terrorist attack at Old Dominion, a man rammed his vehicle into a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and opened fire. The attacker, Ayman Ghazali, was killed by security personnel in a shootout after ramming his vehicle, which was reportedly full of explosives, into Temple Israel, the largest Jewish Reform synagogue in the United States. One security guard was wounded in the attack, but no one else in the synagogue, which also houses a preschool, was injured.
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