WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating a series of bomb threats against several historically Black colleges and other institutions across the country this week as hate crimes.
“This investigation is of the highest priority for the bureau and involves more than 20 FBI field offices across the country,” the FBI said in a statement Tuesday. “These threats are being investigated as Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism and hate crimes.”
More than a dozen historically Black colleges, other universities and religious institutions have reported bomb threats in recent days, forcing some of them to lock down their facilities and spurring a national federal investigation. Howard University, Kentucky State University and Morgan State University were among the schools impacted.
