Gay Rights Organization Briefly Evacuated After Bomb Threat [View all]

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The Washington, D.C., headquarters of the gay-rights organization Human Rights Campaign was evacuated this morning after D.C. police passed on an unspecified bomb threat, according to Metro Weekly.

The local gay-affairs newspaper reported the threat via its Twitter feed. The D.C. police notified HRC of a "potential bomb threat" at 11:45 a.m., and the organization cleared the building, telling Metro Weekly that "out of an abundance of caution the building has been evacuated and police are assessing the situation."

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