A Florida International University student was arrested in Miami after police said she posted messages in a WhatsApp group chat that threatened violence tied to a scheduled campus event, a case that quickly rattled students and prompted university officials to describe the situation as a credible threat.
Gabriela Saldana, 23, was taken into custody near campus and charged with making a written threat to kill or do bodily harm, according to an arrest report cited by NBC Miami. The alleged threat was connected to an event set for Friday, April 10, 2026, at FIU, and police said the incident location was listed as the university’s campus.
Local reports said the messages were posted in a WhatsApp chat involving about 215 students who were discussing an event at FIU’s Ocean Bank Convocation Center. One of the messages referenced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and asked him to “drop some bonbons” on Capstone students at the venue. The same report said police told the court Saldana also wrote that “there is going to be a bomb in the Ocean Bank Convocation Center” and blamed another student in the chat…