PITTSBURGH — Several more bomb threats were reported on the University of Pittsburgh's campus on Saturday, forcing evacuations at the Music building , Frick Fine Arts building, the Cathedral of Learning, Forbes Hall, Litchfield Towers, Holland Hall and Sutherland Hall.
The Cathedral of Learning, Lothrop, Holland, Forbes and Sutherland Halls were also evacuated on Friday after threats were reported to those buildings.
In response to the recent rash of threats, the U.S. attorney’s office said Friday that Pittsburgh’s joint terrorism task force is now joining the investigation. The force includes members of the Secret Service, FBI, state police and local officers.
Students are on edge and afraid to go to class after someone has been threatening the campus for a number of weeks.
Federal investigators now say it could be nearly impossible to trace the source of the threats.
Several of the threats have been emailed to local newspaper reporters, including a reporter at the Tribune Review.
Police said the emails appear to be routing to Austria, which makes it nearly impossible for experts to track.
The Pitt campus police chief said he'd like the person responsible to contact him.
"Maybe he'll talk to me. I don't know what the issue is. Maybe I'd be able to find out exactly. I can refer him to somebody," said Chief Tim Delaney. "This is terrorism. The contractors can't work so they can't get paid. The students are paying for an education they can't get."
Pitt computer science major Jake Wilder said it's possible for highly skilled people to set up a fake IP address and make emails look like they originated in another country.
"This is essentially like domestic terrorism," Wilder said. "They're wasting resources and they're causing first responders to be overstressed."
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