Bomb warning (not a joke -- this is for real)

[compilerbitch]

Just got this message:

-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Mobbs [mailto:A.Mobbs@damtp.cam.ac.uk]
Sent: 28 November 2003 12:15
To: everyone@damtp.cam.ac.uk
Subject: URGENT SECURITY ALERT


We have received the following message from the University security
office.

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Information has been received that 2 bombs have been planted in
Cambridge,
which are to be detonated at 2pm. One in the City, and the other within
the University. Will anyone who may see a suspicious package, leave the
area and contact either the Police or University Security Control Centre
immediately.
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If you see a suspect package in CMS please contact a member of the
facilities staff or me.

Many thanks Ann




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Ann Mobbs
Departmental Administrator
DAMTP
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Wilberforce Road
Cambridge
CB3 0WA

Tel:01223 337863
Fax:01223 765900

Comments

[sjmurdoch.livejournal.com]

No bombs went off, but the email did really originate from the University Security Office so it not a hoax. As I understand it, someone who said he/she was from an animal-rights group phoned the Samaritans and said that two bombs had been placed. This eventually filtered to the University, probably via the police.