Several more historically black colleges and univer-sities (HBCUs) across the United States have re-ceived bomb threats on Tuesday in a wave of warn-ings that started the previous day.
“We received an anonymous bomb and threat of violence to the Edward Waters University campus this morning. Effective immediately, all in person activities, classes and university operations, includ-ing but not limited to meetings and athletic practices are canceled until further notice,” the university administration said in via Twitter.
The Edward Waters University, located in Jack-sonville, Florida, said it informed the local Sheriff’s office about the threat and the latter is investigating the matter.
Fort Valley State University (FVSU) in the US state of Georgia also received a similar threat and reported it in a statement on its Twitter account.
“FVSU has received notice of a bomb threat. Law enforcement is investigating. Campus is cur-rently on lockdown. Residential students remain in dorms. Non-residential students and staff should NOT report to campus until further notice,” the statement said.
Several other colleges and universities with mostly black students received bomb threats in Washington, DC and the states of Maryland, Ken-tucky, Louisiana and Mississippi, according to me-dia reports.
On Monday, six schools received bomb threats, prompting law enforcement to investigate. Three of the schools were also the target of bomb threats earlier in January.—AP
