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Tue Apr 25, 2017, 02:38 AM Apr 2017

Police: Indiana State professor behind fake Muslim threats

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State University has announced that an assistant professor of aviation technology has been arrested for allegedly creating fake anti-Muslim threats back in March.

The charges reportedly stem from a series of emails that were received on campus containing anti-Muslim messages and threats, Fox59 reported.

On March 8, a series were emails were reported that allegedly specifically mentioned Azhar Hussain as a target.

“Based upon the investigation, it is our belief that Hussain was trying to gain sympathy by becoming a victim of anti-Muslim threats which he had created himself,” said Joseph Newport, chief of ISU’s police department.

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/fox59/2017/04/24/police-indiana-state-professor-behind-fake-muslim-threats/100835108/

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