By Victor Omondi
Two teen boys were detained this week after an investigation revealed they made bomb threats to seven primarily Black schools in Washington, D.C.
According to NBC News, four public high schools and three charter schools were evacuated this week as a result of the threats, including Dunbar High School, which was threatened Tuesday during a visit by Douglas Emhoff, the second teen who was at America’s first Black public high school for a Black History Month event.
Emhoff was removed from the school after the threat was received.
In a tweet, D.C. Police Department said the threats targeted Theodore Roosevelt and Ron Brown high schools, as well as KIPP DC College Preparatory, IDEA Public Charter School, Seed Public Charter School, McKinley Tech High School, and Friendship Public Charter School.
“A 16-year-old juvenile male, of Southeast, DC, has been arrested and charged with Terroristic Threats in connection to multiple bomb threats yesterday. MPD continues to investigate these incidents with our federal partners,” the department said early Thursday.
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“Another 16-year old juvenile male, of Northwest, DC, has been arrested and charged with Terroristic Threats in connection to a bomb threat at Kipp DC College Preparatory on Weds 2/9,” added a second-afternoon tweet. “MPD continues to investigate these incidents with our federal partners.”
Authorities say all of the schools were subsequently “cleared with no dangerous material identified.”
The bomb threats at the Washington, D.C. high schools follow bomb threats at nearly a dozen historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this month, including Howard University and, most recently, Spelman College. According to NBC News, the FBI identified six “tech-savvy” adolescents as individuals of interest in the threats last week. The threats appear to be driven by race.
“The FBI is aware of the series of bomb threats around the country and we are working with our law enforcement partners to address any potential threats,” the FBI said concerning the college threats.
Source: Two Teens Have Been Charged with Making Bomb Threats to Black High Schools in Washington, D.C.
