OT: Terror at University of Missouri-Rolla

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_Breaking:  Terrorism Incident in Missouri_ 
(http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24608_Breaking-_Terrorism_Incident_in_Missouri&only) 
At the University of Missouri-Rolla, a student is in custody after making  “
terrorist threats:” _Student Arrested After Threat At UM-Rolla Campus_ 
(http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=113598) . (Hat tip:  LGF readers.) 
CNN has already decided why he did it: _Police: Depressed student said he had 
bomb, anthrax_ 
(http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/27/missouri.standoff.ap/index.html) . 
And no one’s talking about whether he’s a Buddhist, a Mennonite, or 
something  else. 
KSDK - A student is in custody and 23 people are undergoing decontamination  
after what officials call “terrorist-type actions.” 
The incident started at about 2:30 a.m. at the University of  Missouri-Rolla. 
Campus police received a call of a student making threats. He  was arrested 
in the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building, which is on  Pine Street in 
Rolla. 
The building was evacuated. Police say the student had a white powdery  
substance, and the Rolla Fire department’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Team  has 
been called in. 23 students who were in the building ate undergoing  
decontamination. Police also say they may have found bomb materials in the  area of the 
student. 
In a news conference Tuesday morning, police say the student who called was  
a man trying to disguise his voice as a woman.  
Police say he held a knife, held up a bag and said, “This is a bomb.”  
Police used a stun gun to subdue the student, who also claimed that he had  
anthrax. 
The investigation is made more difficult by the materials kept in the  
building, which include some chemicals and powders. 
The suspect gave several different stories, say police. They searched where  
he lived with at least two roommates. Police say they found a threatening note 
 with the student. The note threatened to destroy the building, and was a  
couple of pages long.  
They say they believe he was distraught over grades, and the acting Chief  of 
Police says the student’s depression may have led to the  incident.
UPDATE at 2/27/07 8:44:02 am: 
The CNN report includes this: 
The man’s identity and nationality were not released, though school  
spokesman Lance Feyh said he was an international  student.

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