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Montreal police are hunting for the source of an anti-Muslim bomb threat that led Concordia University to evacuate three buildings Wednesday, sending thousands of students, faculty and other staff onto downtown streets.

Concordia’s Muslim Student Association, which was in the midst of an Islam Awareness Week, called on police to investigate the incident as a hate crime.

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“No faith community should have to live in fear about the safety and well-being of its community members,” the association said in a statement.

Police with sniffer dogs found no suspicious items or explosives and the buildings reopened more than six hours after the evacuation order.

But the threat suggested bombs would go off daily between Wednesday and Friday so Concordia has increased surveillance by its security officers and Montreal police have stepped up patrols.