Suspicious Package At U of Iowa Destroyed. Officials Say Item Did Not Contain Explosives

[Ian David]

POSTED: 5:39 pm CDT August 13, 2007
UPDATED: 7:19 pm CDT August 13, 2007

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A suspicious package forced the University of Iowa campus to evacuate two buildings on campus Monday.

University employees discovered the package after receiving anonymous e-mails claiming four pipe bombs had been placed on campus.

The suspicious package was found near Jessup Hall. The bomb squad destroyed it. Officials said the package did not contain any explosives.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Officials evacuated two buildings on the University of Iowa campus this afternoon after finding a suspicious package and receiving two e-mails stating that four pipe bombs had been placed on university property.

The Johnson County bomb squad destroyed the package and determined it did not contain any explosives, said Charles Green, assistant vice president and director of public safety for the university.

Authorities were continuing their investigation of the e-mails, which said that anyone who approached the devices would activate them and be killed, officials said. The e-mails prompted a campus-wide alert.

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[kestrel91316]

1. Oh, for crying out loud. My niece is starting at U of I grad school in the fall

They better find the whack job who did this and lock him up.