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Toronto Reference Library closed after bomb threat

TORONTO, Aug. 24, 2020. People wearing face masks keep a physical distance as they study at a library in Toronto. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua) (Zou Zheng/Xinhua via ZUMA Press

A Toronto library was unable to open Saturday morning after police reported a bomb threat.

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Officers said the Toronto Reference Library, located on Yonge Street just north of Bloor Street, had received a bomb threat.

Toronto police said in a post on social media they were at the library and asked the public to stay out of the area.

The threat was received before 9 a.m. and the library was placed in a hold and secure. It had not yet opened when the threat was received, police said.

“The building is currently being cleared,” Toronto police said on Saturday morning.

The hold and secure was lifted before 12 p.m. Saturday and police said the investigation is ongoing.

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