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ULPGC Faculties Evacuate After Emailed Massacre Threat as Police Assess Risk

The rectorate reported no central evacuation order, urging calm with teaching continuing.

Overview

  • An email sent to multiple university addresses threatened a massacre at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and cited AK-47s and a self-identified group called 764.
  • Several centers, including the Faculty of Legal and Economic Sciences on the Tafira campus, were evacuated as a precaution as students gathered outside or left, leading to long bus queues.
  • ULPGC said it had not issued an official evacuation order, and the institutional headquarters closed to the public while staff continued working inside.
  • University security coordinated with the Policía Nacional, and Citizen Security, UIP, and UPR units inspected the area after the threat was reported.
  • The rector urged calm and stated that classes would proceed with normality across faculties following the preventive measures.