WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Everyone on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has been ordered to evacuate all buildings and parking garages due to a bomb threat, the university said in a statement on Tuesday.
"All UTD faculty, staff, students and visitors need to immediately evacuate all buildings and parking garages on campus," the university stated in a Twitter message. "We received a bomb threat and are working with [University of Texas at Dallas Police Department] to make sure the campus is safe."
Later, the police said that the bomb threat was a hoax and cancelled the evacuation.
UTDPD say bomb threat was a hoax You may now enter the buildings and parking structures.
— UT Dallas (@UT_Dallas) June 27, 2017