At the University of Missouri-Rolla, a student is in custody after making “terrorist threats:” Student Arrested After Threat At UM-Rolla Campus. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

CNN has already decided why he did it: Police: Depressed student said he had bomb, anthrax.

And no one’s talking about whether he’s a Buddhist, a Mennonite, or something else.

KSDK - A student is in custody and 23 people are undergoing decontamination after what officials call “terrorist-type actions.”

The incident started at about 2:30 a.m. at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Campus police received a call of a student making threats. He was arrested in the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building, which is on Pine Street in Rolla.

The building was evacuated. Police say the student had a white powdery substance, and the Rolla Fire department’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Team has been called in. 23 students who were in the building ate undergoing decontamination. Police also say they may have found bomb materials in the area of the student.

In a news conference Tuesday morning, police say the student who called was a man trying to disguise his voice as a woman.

Police say he held a knife, held up a bag and said, “This is a bomb.” Police used a stun gun to subdue the student, who also claimed that he had anthrax.

The investigation is made more difficult by the materials kept in the building, which include some chemicals and powders.

The suspect gave several different stories, say police. They searched where he lived with at least two roommates. Police say they found a threatening note with the student. The note threatened to destroy the building, and was a couple of pages long.

They say they believe he was distraught over grades, and the acting Chief of Police says the student’s depression may have led to the incident.

UPDATE at 2/27/07 8:44:02 am:

The CNN report includes this:

The man’s identity and nationality were not released, though school spokesman Lance Feyh said he was an international student.