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Facebook headquarters given ‘all clear’ following bomb threat

WATCH ABOVE: Numerous buildings on Facebook’s campus in Menlo Park, California were evacuated Tuesday evening after local police were forwarded a tip about a bomb threat. – Dec 12, 2018

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.

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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.

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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