UPDATE: Dec. 11 — Police have given the “all clear” after a bomb threat forced evacuations at Facebook’s campus in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday night.
Numerous buildings have been evacuated at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. following a bomb threat, reports said Tuesday night.
Menlo Park police said that they were investigating a bomb threat in the 200-block of Jefferson Drive/Constitution Drive at about 5 p.m.
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They later updated to say that the bomb unit was on scene and that police were going through a building.
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A “few” buildings were evacuated as the bomb threat was investigated, BBC’s Silicon Valley reporter Dave Lee tweeted.
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The bomb threat was called into the New York Police Department (NYPD) before the information was sent to police in Menlo Park, CBS San Francisco reported.
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