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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

Cornell University cancels classes over ‘extraordinary stress’ of death threats against Jewish community

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Cornell University has cancelled all classes on Friday due to the “extraordinary stress” that has spread across the campus after a student was arrested for making violent antisemitic threats.

Patrick Dai, 21, allegedly made violent threats against Jewish people at the Ivy League college in online statements, “posting threats to kill or injure another,” the attorney’s office of the Northern District of New York said on Tuesday.

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