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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – A student walks along the Howard University campus, which is one of six historically Black colleges or universities in the United States. The attack was made on January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo

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WASHINGTON (Reuters] – The FBI stated Wednesday that it had not found any explosives after several historic Black colleges and universities in the United States received bomb threats this week.

According to the FBI, “Although no explosive devices were found at these locations at the time of writing,” they stated.

The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces led the investigation. They are currently investigating the threat as hate crimes and racially-motivated violent extremism.

The bomb threats on Monday https://www.reuters.com/world/us/several-historically-black-colleges-universities-receive-bomb-threats-2022-01-31 led schools to cancel classes and issue shelter-in-place orders across the nation.

Among those receiving threats were Albany State University in Georgia, Delaware State University in Delaware, Southern University and A&M College in Louisiana, Howard University in Washington, D.C., Bowie State University in Maryland and Bethune-Cookman University in Florida.

On Tuesday, at least a dozen more https://www.reuters.com/world/us/more-us-black-colleges-universities-receive-bomb-threats-2022-02-01 historically Black colleges received similar bomb threats, all of which coincided with the first day of U.S. Black History Month.

Previous statements by the FBI have indicated that domestic terror, such as threats from white supremacists to America, is increasing.

Last month, the Justice Department announced https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-justice-department-forming-unit-counter-domestic-terrorism-2022-01-11 it was forming a new unit to combat domestic terrorism threats.

Jill Sanborn is the FBI’s Executive Assistant Director for the FBI National Security Branch. She told Congress during a congressional hearing, that “racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists who advocate for white supremacy, as well as anti-government violent extremists,… pose the greatest threat to our country.”

NBC News on Wednesday reported https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/six-juveniles-identified-fbi-persons-interests-bomb-threats-historical-rcna14591 that the FBI has identified six “tech savvy” juveniles as persons of interest in connection with the bomb threats.

According to FBI statements, the FBI said it couldn’t comment and could not offer details because of ongoing investigations.

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