Evolutionary biology labs at University of Colorado threatened

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

On Friday, anonymous threats were sent to the evolutionary biology labs at the University of Colorado at Boulder by email and workers returned to their labs Monday morning to find threatening messages slipped under their doors. The threats mention a group affiliated with creationism, but police did not release the name of the group as it is still investigating if the threats were sent by them.

Currently, the University of Colorado police are not providing further details as they investigate the threats. Police have in the meantime increased patrols around the campus and threatened buildings.

Although the United States has had vigorous debate over the Creation-evolution controversy to date there have been no serious violent incidents, aside from an attack on Paul Mirecki, a professor at the University of Kansas, in 2005.

Sources

Threats by religious group spark probe at CU-Boulder — The Denver Post, July 10, 2007
Steve Reuland Creato-Terrorism The Panda's Thumb, July 10, 2007
Sophia Maines. Professor blasts KU, sheriff’s investigation — Lawrence Journal, December 10,2005

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