‘It’s unfathomable’: No arrests made 6 months after HBCU bomb threats – By Bianca Quilantan (Politico) / Aug 18, 2022
The FBI says it has 34 field offices working the case. But to HBCU leaders, it seems as though the incidents have been forgotten.
Leaders of historically Black colleges want answers.
Their institutions have been targeted since the start of the year. Eight HBCUs received bomb threats on Jan. 4, each from callers who used racial slurs. On Jan. 31, at least seven schools received similar calls. And on Feb. 1, the start of Black history month, 18 schools were called with campus bomb threats — and more threats followed throughout the month. In total, more than a third of all HBCUs were targeted this year.
The Biden administration launched an FBI investigation into the February threats, labeling the incidents “hate crimes” and “Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism.”
Six months later, there have been no arrests. No suspects have been named, there have been no public statements about what triggered the threats and no clarity given as to whether the incidents were linked.
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