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The University of Toronto has increased campus security after allegedly receiving reports of a series of anonymous web comments urging readers to kill “feminists.”

“We have increased campus police presence on our three campuses, and we are monitoring the situation closely,” said university provost Cheryl Regehr writing in an email to students and staff.

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In the letter, Regehr says the university was the target of “anonymous threats made on a public blog,” but provides no details.

However, a later statement by CUPE 3902, the union representing University of Toronto academic staff, said the posts “were gendered threats made specifically toward women and feminists.”

“We can also add that the threats specifically encourage violence and target our members in their workplaces,” it reads. “Specifically mentioned are those working in Sociology and Women’s Studies classrooms.”

According to a Reddit forum used by University of Toronto students, the threats in question originated in the comments sections of several BlogTO articles.

On September 5 a user named “Kill Feminists” is said to have posted at least similarly worded comments encouraging readers to rent a gun from a “gang” and use it to stage a mass-shooting inside a women’s studies classroom.

“Next week when a feminist at the University of Toronto tries to ruin your life with false sex rape allegations, rent a gun from a gang and start firing bullets into these feminists at your nearest Women’s Studies classroom,” reads one recorded in a September 5 screen capture by Twitter user Carly Stuart. Soon after, the posts were reported to Toronto Police.