HBCUs given ‘all clear’ after new round of bomb threats

Several historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States gave students and staff an all clear on Monday 31 January after bomb threats earlier in the day forced schools to issue shelter-in-place orders and cancel classes, reports Reuters.

Albany State University in Georgia, Delaware State University in Delaware, Southern University and A&M College in Louisiana, Howard University in Washington, Bowie State University in Maryland and Bethune-Cookman University in Florida were among the schools that received threats on Monday morning.

It was the second time this month that HBCUs faced bomb threats. On 5 January, eight HBCUs received such threats, but no suspicious packages or explosives were found. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that bomb threats against black universities were “disturbing” and that President Joe Biden was aware of the reports of those threats.
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