A bomb threat targeting Muslim students forced an evacuation of nearly 4,000 students from the downtown campus of Concordia University in Montreal.

In an email to school administrators and also to local media, a group identifying itself as the &quot;underground&quot; chapter of C4, or the Council of Conservative Citizens of Canada, at the university directly warned &quot;Muslim students&quot; there it would detonate one homemade explosive a day through Friday to protest their activities.

&quot;Now that President (Donald) Trump is in office south of the border, things have changed. We will not tolerate your behaviour anymore,&quot; the group said in its emailed letter, referring to the US president.

&quot;Until Concordia University stops religious activities of all kinds on campus, we decide the following action to show how far we are ready to go to fight Muslims,&quot; the group vowed.

Montreal police said they were investigating the &quot;threatening email&quot;. They swept the campus for explosives but found none.

A similar threatening letter was also sent to nearby McGill University, which was put on heightened alert, but it did not specify a time or place of a possible attack.

Three Concordia University buildings were evacuated just before midday, and would remain closed until around 6:00 pm (local time), Concordia spokeswoman Christine Mota said. CBC reports that by 7:00 pm (local time) all buildings at Concordia University had&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-police-threat-concordia-1.4004671" target="_blank">reopened</a>, and students were back inside.

One of the sites was hosting an &quot;Islam awareness week&quot;. Quebec Universities Minister Helene David, speaking to reporters at the scene, called the threat against Muslim students &quot;deplorable&quot;.

&quot;We strongly denounce these attacks against a university which is a model of living together,&quot; she said. &quot;Quebec is an inclusive place,&quot; the minister added. &quot;We want to live together. We will not tolerate this kind of situation.&quot;

There has been an escalation of hate crimes in the country in recent months. In January, a white supremacist student, who &quot;liked&quot; Donald Trump on Facebook,&nbsp;shot dead six worshippers at a mosque in Quebec City.

<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-police-threat-concordia-1.4004671" target="_blank">CBC </a>reports that police constable Boisselle said investigators are now looking for the main computer which sent the threatening emails. &quot;We don&#39;t take anything for granted,&quot; they quote him as saying. The report also states they will increase patrols of private security officers, as well as police, since the threatening email mentioned a 48-hour window.

(With inputs from AFP)

Citing Trump, an 'underground' group pledged to detonate homemade bombs to 'fight Muslims'. So far, authorities have found no explosives

A bomb threat targeting Muslim students forced an evacuation of nearly 4,000 students from the downtown campus of Concordia University in Montreal. In an email to school administrators and also to local media, a group identifying itself as the "underground" chapter of C4, or the Council of Conservative Citizens of Canada, at the university directly warned "Muslim students" there it would detonate one homemade explosive a day through Friday to protest their activities. "Now that President (Donald) Trump is in office south of the border, things have changed. We will not tolerate your behaviour anymore," the group said in its emailed letter, referring to the US president. "Until Concordia University stops religious activities of all kinds on campus, we decide the following action to show how far we are ready to go to fight Muslims," the group vowed. Montreal police said they were investigating the "threatening email". They swept the campus for explosives but found none. A similar threatening letter was also sent to nearby McGill University, which was put on heightened alert, but it did not specify a time or place of a possible attack. Three Concordia University buildings were evacuated just before midday, and would remain closed until around 6:00 pm (local time), Concordia spokeswoman Christine Mota said. CBC reports that by 7:00 pm (local time) all buildings at Concordia University had reopened, and students were back inside. One of the sites was hosting an "Islam awareness week". Quebec Universities Minister Helene David, speaking to reporters at the scene, called the threat against Muslim students "deplorable". "We strongly denounce these attacks against a university which is a model of living together," she said. "Quebec is an inclusive place," the minister added. "We want to live together. We will not tolerate this kind of situation." There has been an escalation of hate crimes in the country in recent months. In January, a white supremacist student, who "liked" Donald Trump on Facebook, shot dead six worshippers at a mosque in Quebec City. CBC reports that police constable Boisselle said investigators are now looking for the main computer which sent the threatening emails. "We don't take anything for granted," they quote him as saying. The report also states they will increase patrols of private security officers, as well as police, since the threatening email mentioned a 48-hour window. (With inputs from AFP)

Canadian university evacuated over anti-Muslim bomb threat

A bomb threat forced evacuations in 62 schools in the small Canadian province of Prince Edward Island.&nbsp; 
 
About 19,000 students were taken to safe locations in their communities after police received a threat that bombs were placed aa a number of schools.&nbsp; 
 
The threat was faxed to Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada&#39;s capital of Ottawa, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Kevin Baillie said. 
 
&quot;The message stated that the bombs been had placed at a number of schools and would be detonated today,&quot; he said. 
 
Police said nothing suspicious was found after officers searched all of the schools in the province. Threats were also received elsewhere in Canada. 
 
Authorities declared the schools safe after no explosive device was found.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;The minister of public safety just informed me that all of the schools&#39; children and personnel are safe. The situation is under control,&quot; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference in Ottawa. 
 
The provincial government said in a tweet that information about whether schools would reopen on Thursday would come on Wednesday evening. 
 
Edward Island is the country&#39;s smallest province with a population of about 146,000. 
 
(WION with inputs from agencies) 
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Canadian police received a threat that multiple bombs were placed at schools in the province of Prince Edward Island

A bomb threat forced evacuations in 62 schools in the small Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. About 19,000 students were taken to safe locations in their communities after police received a threat that bombs were placed aa a number of schools. The threat was faxed to Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada's capital of Ottawa, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Kevin Baillie said. "The message stated that the bombs been had placed at a number of schools and would be detonated today," he said. Police said nothing suspicious was found after officers searched all of the schools in the province. Threats were also received elsewhere in Canada. Authorities declared the schools safe after no explosive device was found. "The minister of public safety just informed me that all of the schools' children and personnel are safe. The situation is under control," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference in Ottawa. The provincial government said in a tweet that information about whether schools would reopen on Thursday would come on Wednesday evening. Edward Island is the country's smallest province with a population of about 146,000. (WION with inputs from agencies)

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