PUP-Manila classes suspended due to bomb threat

A bomb threat forced the suspension of classes at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines campus in Manila's Sta. Mesa district Tuesday noon.

 

Students streamed out of the PUP campus in Sta. Mesa after the class suspension was announced, radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported.

ADVISORY: Classes in PUP Main Campus are suspended effective 12 noon today due to bomb threat.

— PolytechnicUnivPhils (@PolytechUnivPh) August 12, 2014

In a post on its Twitter account, the PUP said students and employees at the main campus were asked to evacuate the main building.

 

BREAKING: Students and employees in PUP Main Campus were asked to evacuate the main building due to bomb threat. More details to follow.

— PolytechnicUnivPhils (@PolytechUnivPh) August 12, 2014

The dzBB report said an employee of the PUP Office of the President received a text message claiming a bomb was to explode in the campus.

 

PUP officials summoned police, who sent a bomb squad to the area. The bomb squad was inspecting the campus' main building as of Tuesday noon.

 

Last July 31, the Far Eastern University called off classes in its Manila campus following a "suspected bomb threat." — Joel Locsin/RSJ, GMA News