A Cal State Northridge student\u2019s fear that someone had planted a bomb in his car triggered a campus emergency today, prompting the evacuation of more than 100 people.<\/p>\n
A male student reported around noon that he believed his car, parked\u00a0in a\u00a0lot on campus, had been rigged with a bomb, said Vance Peterson, vice president of university advancement.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\u201cHe said he is affiliated with a gang, and he fears retaliation from a rival gang,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThis is not an attack on the university.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Police Department’s bomb squad was dispatched to the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a precautionary measure, Peterson said university officials activated a mass communication emergency system to alert faculty, staff and students through phone calls, e-mails and text-messaging. <\/p>\n
About 100 occupants of a nearby university preschool and dozens more at a\u00a0lab facility were moved to other locations, Peterson said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s being treated seriously," he said. "If true, it could endanger people on the campus.\u201d<\/p>\n
— Ann M. Simmons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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