LSU Orders Campus Evacuation Due To Bomb Threat

BATON ROUGE, La. (WHNT) – LSU has ordered its students and staff to leave campus as quickly as possible due to a bomb threat.

LSU posted the alert on its website shortly before 1 p.m.  The school cancelled all campus events for the rest of the day.  Several law enforcement agencies continue to investigate the bomb threat. LSU urged all faculty, staff and students to stay off campus unless specifically instructed to return.

Friday, the University of Texas and North Dakota State University received bomb threats.