Nintendo fan prompts security scare at US university

1 year 4 months ago

A Californian Nintendo fan has sparked a major security scare at their university, following a "bad joke" email designed to get their classes cancelled so they could watch the latest Nintendo Direct broadcast.

California State University Police today issued a statement on the perceived threat, after a professor was told via anonymous email to call off their class due to a "once-in-a-lifetime event" set to occur.

The start of 2023 has seen yet another string of mass shootings across the US, with eight incidents in January alone leaving at least four people dead. The majority of those shootings occured in California, including the mass shooting at Monterey Park that left 12 dead, which gained global media attention.

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Tom Phillips

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