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Staff and students have been evacuated from the University of Queensland after “threats” were phoned in on Wednesday. A spokesperson for Queensland Police said the ominous call was made about 4.40pm, prompting the response at the university’s St Lucia campus in Brisbane . “As a precaution the Great Court was evacuated,” they told 7 NEWS .com.au. It came on the same night hundreds gathered for the UQ Union’s general meeting.
Text messages were also pinged out to people close by, warning them police were active in the area. “There is a police incident in the Great Court and surrounding buildings. Please evacuate the area until further notice,” the message read. A spokesperson for the university said police were notified after the “anonymous report” was received. They said an area of the campus was evacuated while the matter was investigated but that it did not impact the general meeting.
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