Police detonate ‘hoax device’ at first thought to be explosive at University of Toronto campus
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A police car parked outside of the University of Toronto Scarborough following reports of an explosive device inside the campus.
PHOTO: REUTERS
TORONTO – The Toronto police on Aug 6 detonated what they said was a “hoax device” at a satellite campus of the University of Toronto that they earlier described as an explosive device.
Duty Inspector Dan Pravica, with the Toronto Police, told reporters a remote robot was sent in to X-ray a suspicious package inside the environmental science and chemistry building at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Based on the images officers saw, they believed the package contained an explosive.
The package was then safely detonated by the police.
Upon inspection, it was determined that no explosive device was contained inside the package, which was first found by campus security.
The police earlier confirmed in an e-mail to Reuters that the package contained an explosive device.
The police said they were investigating, but that it was not immediately clear who may have been responsible for leaving what they called the hoax device. REUTERS
