Obama campaign office in Indiana received bomb threats



Police officers evacuated the building after a bomb threat was made while people voted in the primary. According to the officers a call to a Terre Haute television station was made saying that a group had planted seven bombs around the campaign office in Terre Haute, Vincennes and Evansville.

The police did a sweep and despite the threat officers said that nothing unusual was found in the building. There were many volunteers also working in the building and many were there for a long time without noticing any strange activity.

Campaign officials called the thread a coward attempt to stop their work and volunteers and campaign officials returned to building as soon as they felt safe to retake their activities. Barack Obama ended up losing the primary in the Indiana and no one was arrested.

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