Online Group Responsible for Campus Swatting and Shooter Hoaxes
TL;DR
An online group called Purgatory claimed responsibility for recent swatting incidents at U.S. college campuses, including Villanova, by making false emergency calls to draw law enforcement to these locations. The group used Telegram to publicize their actions, but their claims remain unverified, and authorities suspect their involvement in multiple hoaxes.
- An Online Group Says It’s Behind a Campus Swatting Wave The New York Times
- School shooting hoaxes: Experts underscore the seriousness of these crimes, penalties at stake ABC News
- This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities WIRED
- Who is ‘Purgatory’? The group behind the spate of active shooter hoaxes NewsNation
- FBI investigating active shooter hoax calls targeting Georgia colleges FOX 5 Atlanta
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