Classes at University of Luzon disrupted by bomb threat

DAGUPAN CITY — Classes at the University of Luzon here were suspended on Thursday (Oct. 25) following a bomb threat sent through a text message.

Supt. Johndale Sulit, Dagupan City police chief, said an alarmed university official alerted police at about 9 a.m. about the threat, which warned of a “big explosion” in the university. The text message claimed there were three explosive devices hidden in classrooms and offices.

A team of policemen from a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit immediately combed the campus, aided by a K9 unit.

“We are not done yet with the paneling (thorough search). But I think there’s nothing here,” said Sulit.

He said that somebody may have just sent the message to disrupt the ongoing final examinations for the first school term.

“But we are taking this threat seriously,” Sulit said.  /muf