MONTREAL—Three buildings and a subway station in downtown Montreal were evacuated over bomb threats targeting Muslim students at Concordia University.

At 11:30 a.m., the school decided to clear the buildings and cancel classes for the afternoon to let police search the university buildings.

Police later said they had finished their search and found nothing.

Just one month after a deadly shooting rampage killed six at a Quebec City mosque, officials said they were taking no chances with the written threats.

The threats, which were sent by email to Concordia University and several local media outlets, complained about Muslim students at the school, calling speeches at a Friday prayer service there “anti-Jewish” and “anti-Christian.”

The threat said bombs would be set off in three locations where Muslim students gather on the campus.

“These are not meant to kill anybody. The only aim is to injure some Moslem (sic) students. Unfortunately, some non-Moslems might be collateral damage,” it read.

The threats were purportedly written on behalf of a group calling itself the Council of Conservative Citizens of Canada.

The letterhead on the message notes that the group is not affiliated with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The student Conservative association at nearby McGill University said on its Facebook page that this group is in no way part of the “broader conservative movement.”

“The actions of this group are that of criminals, racists and islamophobes, not conservatives.”

Concordia University president Alan Shepard also condemned the threats.

“We are shocked that such hateful and violent expression of intolerance has targeted our community. There is no room for such threats in our society,” he wrote in a statement.

“Concordia is a university that embraces diversity as a key element of who we are. We will support each other and make sure we remain a welcoming, inclusive institution for all students, staff and faculty.”

The Concordia Student Union, which represents all undergraduate students at the school, is investigating, said Lucinda Marshall-Kiparissis, the CSU’s general co-ordinator.

The complaints against Mulsim students referenced in the threat had not previously been brought to the student union executives’ attention, she said.

“We believe it may have been given to a receptionist and we are currently investigating. However, if the complaint was Islamophobic in nature our receptionists are not obliged to entertain it.”

On Tuesday, Concordia’s Muslim Students’ Association launched what it called “Islamic Awareness Week,” which included events in one of the buildings that was evacuated Wednesday.

The students’ association had set up tables in building and offered reading material and was attempting to address peoples’ misconceptions about the Muslim faith, according to an explanatory video posted to the group’s Facebook page.

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Volunteers were also offering free cotton candy to passersby.

The association’s activities were also cancelled due to the bomb threat.

Montreal police said they are continuing to conduct a criminal investigation of the incident.