At approximately 6:45 p.m. on April 19, 2018, University of Alberta Protective Services contacted police to report a post that had been discovered on the social media app, Chillabit. Posted April 17, 2018, the post threatened to blow up two university buildings on a future date, possibly identified as April 30, 2018.
As soon as the post was detected, University Protective Services and police investigated and continuously monitored campus buildings and found no evidence of any explosives on campus. An evacuation was not deemed necessary.
EPS Cyber Crime Investigations Unit was able to identify the suspect, who was arrested without incident on campus on April 21, 2018. Following the execution of a search warrant at his residence, police charged Ryan Fang, 20, with uttering threats and conveying a false message with intent to injure or alarm.
“Social media can give us the feeling of being anonymous and without consequence, but police take threats to public security very seriously,” says Det. Philip Hawkins with EPS Cyber Crime Investigations Unit. “This particular threat resulted in a large-scale police investigation of the student’s home that involved our tactical and bomb disposal units.”
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