The threats included vows to rape and throw off a cliff any Jewish females.
A State Police cruiser sits in front of Cornell University's Center for Jewish Living. | David Bauder/APITHACA, N.Y. — A Cornell University student was arrested Tuesday and accused of posting threatening statements online about Jewish students at the school, law enforcement officials said.
It was not immediately clear if Dai had hired an attorney. The federal courts website had not yet been updated with the case. Dai did not respond to a Facebook message and his Cornell email address could not be immediately accessed., posted over the weekend on a forum about fraternities and sororities, alarmed students at the Ivy League school in upstate New York.
Joel M. Malina, vice president for university relations at Cornell University, said the school was grateful for the quick work of the FBI. The comments this weekend were left on a Greek life website that is not affiliated with the school in Ithaca, New York, about 227 miles northwest of New York City.
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