<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Lz5qO_1H0EOOUo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Lz5qO_1H0EOOUo00" width="1200" height="800" ></figure>Students were forced to evacuate Foellinger Auditorium Wednesday evening due to a bomb threat, now confirmed by UIPD to be a false report. In an email to The Daily Illini, UIPD wrote that an individual called 911 at 6:43 p.m., claiming he was in Foellinger with guns and pipe bombs. An Illini-Alert sent at 6:59 p.m. advised the community of a “law enforcement response” in the building’s area. According to the email, UIPD immediately deployed officers to the scene and began to evacuate the area. It wrote that responders searched the building and “did not find evidence of a credible threat.” UIPD wrote that personnel at the Real-Time Information Center monitored campus cameras and, after failing to find evidence that the caller was from the Champaign-Urbana area, concluded it was likely a false call placed from another location.“The false report is suspected to have been an instance of ‘swatting,’ for which a person fabricates an emergency to provoke a heavy police response,” the email read. “Swatting is a national trend and, often, the person is not local to the community. The ‘swatting’ investigation is ongoing.”Students were about to start an ACCY 202: Accounting and Accountancy II exam when their professor told them to leave the auditorium, according to Isabella Ballarini, sophomore in Business. Ballarini said she and other students were instructed to leave their belongings in the auditorium. Police blocked off the perimeter surrounding the building, and Ballarini said students waited outside to retrieve their belongings.Illini-Alerts sent at 7:32 p.m. and 7:52 p.m. informed the campus community to continue to avoid the area. A final alert, sent at 8:01 p.m., said it was “safe to resume normal activities,” but that police remained in the area.Julie Shapland, professor in Business and the class’s instructor, said only one student had started taking the exam when police began walking around and telling the class to evacuate.“We’re going to have to reschedule the exam,” Shapland said. “We’ve got to be safe.”**This is a developing story. The Daily Illini will update the article as more information becomes available.**</div></body>

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Students were forced to evacuate Foellinger Auditorium Wednesday evening due to a bomb threat, now confirmed by UIPD to be a false report. In an email to The Daily Illini, UIPD wrote that an individual called 911 at 6:43 p.m., claiming he was in Foellinger with guns and pipe bombs.

False bomb threat evacuates ACCY 202 exam at Foellinger

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Students were forced to evacuate Foellinger Auditorium Wednesday evening due to a bomb threat, now confirmed by UIPD to be a false report. In an email to T

False bomb threat evacuates ACCY 202 exam at Foellinger

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