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MIT campus on lockdown after 'man spotted with body armour and rifle' MIT campus briefly on lockdown after reports of man with 'long rifle'
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was placed on lockdown on Saturday after a man wearing body armour and carrying a long rifle was spotted on campus. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was briefly placed on lockdown on Saturday, after what turned out to be unfounded reports of a man wearing body armour and carrying a long rifle.
In a statement, MIT said several law enforcement agencies had responded to the incident. A photo that appeared to have been tweeted from near the campus showed a road blocked to traffic. An alert was put up after a report was made that the armed man was roaming around campus. In a statement, MIT said several law enforcement agencies had responded to the incident and that Cambridge police had given the college the all clear.
Details as to the extent of the threat were not immediately available, but on the MIT website a notice urged students to stay indoors. It read: "This morning information was received from Cambridge Police that there was a person with a long rifle and body armor in the Main Group Building of MIT. Given the heightened anxiety following a number of campus and school shootings in recent years, college officials urged students to stay indoors while the reports were being investigated. An alert on the MIT website read: "This morning information was received from Cambridge Police that there was a person with a long rifle and body armor in the Main Group Building of MIT. Multiple law enforcement agencies have responded. Stay indoors and shelter in place and report suspicious activity to the campus police."
"Multiple law enforcement agencies have responded. Stay indoors and shelter in place and report suspicious activity to the campus police." The message was posted shortly before 9.30am ET. By 10.45am, any threat had been ruled out. A statement on the MIT website read: "Cambridge Police have issued an all clear. MIT returning to normal operations."