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Bridgeport bomb threats cleared, police say 'no validity' to caller's threats

Bridgeport police said a man called in to say a bomb would go off at the train station this morning.
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Bridgeport police have cleared two bomb threats that prompted precautionary evacuations. 

Police said the two threats were 'not credible'.

The Bridgeport Train Station had been evacuated following a bomb threat, from a man who stated a bomb would go off around 10 a.m. 

Bridgeport fire and police departments were on the scene as well as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority police investigating.

Around 10:10 a.m., officials then tweeted that a second bomb threat was called into a building on Park Avenue. Emergency crews and investigators were also at that scene and evacuated the building as a precaution

This is a developing story.

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