Bomb Threat At Aaron Hernandez Murder Trial Prompts Evacuation

Those in attendance were cleared from the Bristol County Courthouse in Fall River, Mass., around noon Thursday when ​Judge E. Susan Garsh interrupted testimony to announce that a bomb threat had been called in.

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Courthouse employees were allowed to return to the building when the threat was lifted shortly before 1 p.m. 

Other details, including the nature of the threat, were not disclosed. It was unclear if the threat was related to Hernandez.

Another threat was simultaneously called into Taunton Superior Court about 10 miles north of Fall River.