University of Missouri police arrest suspect behind online threats

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published 11 November 2015

The University of Missouri police arrested a suspect Wednesday morning for allegedly making "a terrorist threat" against black faculty and students, The New York Times reports. The suspect in custody is Hunter Park, a sophomore at Missouri University, about 90 miles south of the University of Missouri. Police said that the suspect "was not located on or near the MU campus at the time of the threat," which was made via anonymous, location-based messaging app Yik Yak. Though the campus initially beefed up security, it opened to a normal schedule Wednesday.

Park's arrest comes shortly after the university system's president and chancellor resigned in the face of mounting student protests over how the administration has responded to race-related incidents.