February 3, 2022

FBI Identifies Six Juveniles As Persons Of interest In Bomb Threats At Black Colleges

Law enforcement officials have said that six children are suspected of orchestrating a nationwide campaign of bomb threats against historically Black colleges.

More than a dozen universities and places of worship have been targeted by hoax calls, which reportedly spiked on the first day of Black History Month on Tuesday, according to widespread media reports.

According to law enforcement, the minors appear to be using sophisticated methods to disguise the source of the threats, which seem to have a racist motivation.

“A bomb threat against the university is being investigated,” an alert from Howard University had said, according to NBC Washington. “All persons on campus are advised to shelter in place until more information is available,” they added.

The emergency alert was timestamped at 3:29 a.m. Tuesday, the first day of Black History Month. But an all-clear was later issued for Howard following an investigation.

The University of the District of Columbia, also in Washington, D.C., Morgan State University and Coppin State University in Baltimore, Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia, Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky and Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, all reported bomb threats, according to school officials and social media posts.

Additional threats were reported at a number of other colleges and universities.

According to NBC, Morgan State University President David K. Wilson said in a statement to community members that he was saddened to confirm that the school had received a bomb threat after being asked by several people “whether this is real.”

“Unfortunately, and sadly, it is,” he said. “The campus is being searched building-by-building this morning with our residential halls being searched first.”

Wilson said nothing had been discovered within any of the school’s residential facilities.

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Abbianca Makoni

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