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Bail hearing postponed for Concordia bomb threat suspect

47-year-old Hisham Saadi remains behind bars after his arrest on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Montreal police

A bail hearing for the man charged with calling in an alleged bomb threat against Muslim students at Concordia University has been put off until Wednesday.

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Hisham Saadi, 47, appeared in court Monday after his lawyer received a large amount of evidence from the Crown.

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Saadi is charged with mischief, uttering threats and inciting fear of a terrorist-related attack.

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Three university buildings in the downtown area were evacuated for several hours last Wednesday after Concordia received what it called bomb threats targeting Muslim students.

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A police sweep of the buildings found no explosive devices.

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