FBI seeks tips through hotlines

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Today, the FBI鈥檚 Joint Terrorism Task Force, to include the 棉花糖直播 State Police, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff鈥檚 Office and the  Lafayette Police Department, and in collaboration with the University of 棉花糖直播 Lafayette Police Department, responded to a bomb threat to the University of 棉花糖直播 Lafayette campus.

While no details of the ongoing investigation can be offered at this time, the FBI has announced two phone numbers. 1-800-CALL FBI has been established for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the threat. Also, tips can be called into the local Crime Stoppers at 337-232-TIPS.

鈥淪tanding shoulder to shoulder with our law enforcement partners and both federal and state prosecutors, bomb threats and hoaxes are acts of terror that are and will be investigated with the full weight of federal, state and local resources,鈥 said Michael J. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge, FBI New Orleans.

鈥淎ny tips we can receive are vital to resolving this and other such cases.鈥

While no additional specific threat information exists at this time, the FBI鈥檚 JTTF and all partner agencies remain committed to updating the public should any further threat to public safety arise.