University of Texas bomb Threat

Texas bomb threat prompts US university evacuation



Officials at the University of Texas have ordered a full campus evacuation after receiving a bomb threat.

In a statement, campus authorities said a threat was recevied from a man "with a Middle Eastern accent" at 08:35 local time (13:35 GMT).

He said he was with al-Qaeda and bombs were set to detonate 90 minutes later, according to the statement.

The University of Texas, in the state capital, Austin, is a sprawling campus close to the centre of the city.