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St. John’s University gets possible bomb threat, say cops

By Joan Grallajoan.gralla@newsday.comXJoanGralla

Police were investigating a possible bomb threat Friday night at St. John’s University in Queens.

“They’re looking into a call of a possible bomb,” an NYPD spokesman said.

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Police were investigating a possible bomb threat Friday night at St. John’s University in Queens.

“They’re looking into a call of a possible bomb,” an NYPD spokesman said.

The spokesman said he wasn’t aware of any evacation underway on the Jamaica campus.

Further details were not immediately available.

By Joan Gralla and Ted Phillips

Joan Gralla is a general assignment reporter who also covers parks, flood control and Holocaust restitution. She's a former Reuters correspondent who covered politics, economics and markets.