The FBI has identified individuals suspected of making bomb threats this week directed at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a law enforcement official.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has identified individuals suspected of making bomb threats this week directed at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a law enforcement official.
No arrests have been made, the official said. At least 14 HBCUs reported bomb threats Tuesday, the first day of Black History Month, resulting in some canceling classes for the day. At least one of them, Howard University, also received a bomb threat Monday."We've had these challenges before," Howard University President Wayne Frederick said Tuesday. But"since I've been here in 1988, it has not been this widespread and also, I think, this overt.
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