Assumption College gets bomb threat, sends students home; Ateneo, Miriam and Mapua also rumored to have received threats

Assumption College in Makati has sent students home after receiving a bomb threat this morning, reports ABS-CBN News. A bomb squad was sent to check out the area.

ABS-CBN Business Correspondent Maiki Oreta, whose daughter is in kindergarten at Assumption College, said, "We received texts from parents... this morning. A friend of ours from the college department (confirmed) that they received a bomb threat (at) around 9 a.m."

Ateneo, Mapua and Miriam College are rumored to have recently received bomb threats as well. An unidentified Ateneo media officer denied this, according to ABS-CBN News.

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