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Missouri University police hold suspect for threats against blacks

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Students listen at a press conference at Traditions Plaza at Carnahan Quad, on the University of Missouri …

(Reuters) - A suspect was in custody on Wednesday for making online threats to shoot black students at the University of Missouri following racial protests that prompted the school's president and chancellor to step down this week, campus police said.

"University of Missouri Police have apprehended the suspect who posted threats to campus on Yik Yak and other social media," said in an alert to the campus in the city of Columbia posted early on Wednesday.