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Amazon Evacuates Building After Bomb Threat

JILLIAN D'ONFRODec 16, 2014, 04:00 IST

Police evacuated Amazon employees from one of its Seattle buildings after a staff member found a threatening note in the bathroom, according to an official statement from the Seattle police department.

The police brought in explosive detection dog teams to help in the investigation.

An Amazon employee told Komo News reporter Kiyomi Taguchi that CEO Jeff Bezos was in the building at the time of the evacuation:

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Apparently the police didn't find anything wrong, and left around 1 pm PT, a Seattle police detective told Bloomberg. Here's the full statement from police:

Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.