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The Dearborn Police Department's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team responded to the Adoba Hotel at about 12:00 am on May 27th after a female guest reported discovering a pressure cooker in a second floor restroom. The incident occurred on the heels of a three day conference that was scheduled this weekend and organized by the Universal Muslim Association of America. The event titled, Conference of Ali, attracted attendees from different states and countries including several from Toronto, Canada. The Adoba Hotel was previously known as the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Dearborn officers determined that the pressure cooker had not been converted into any type of explosive device. Several floors of the hotel were evacuated as a precautionary measure at the direction of hotel management. No injuries of any sort were reported.
The cooker was discovered at 9:45 p.m., and participants of the conference who were staying at the Hotel and other guests were forced to evacuate their rooms shortly after, and returned at around 1 a.m. Hotel officials were expected to release comments later today. While waiting outside, conference attendees recited prayers and poems in Urdu according to a source. Speaking to The Arab American News by phone a source who didn't want to be identified said the Shia conference was diverse, and included Arabs, Indians and Pakistanis. "From what I heard it was very dramatic for participants," the source said.