Police have responded to a minimum of six bomb threats at Washington D.C. excessive colleges on Wednesday.

The D.C. Metropolitan Police Division (MPD) confirmed on Twitter that public and constitution colleges within the space have been evacuated. District of Columbia Public Faculties mentioned that these excessive colleges embody Roosevelt, Ron Brown, and Dunbar—the identical faculty the place Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was pressured to evacuate as a consequence of one other bomb menace the day prior.

The police division additionally mentioned it was investigating threats at KIPP DC Faculty Preparatory, IDEA Public Constitution College and Seed Public Constitution College. IDEA and Seed advised native information station WUSA-TV they acquired threats round lunchtime. College officers notified dad and mom and MPD of the state of affairs.

Police mentioned an investigation into the small print is ongoing. As of Wednesday afternoon, the entire colleges had been cleared with none hazardous supplies discovered, the division mentioned.

This was the second bomb menace in two days for Dunbar Excessive College, the primary public highschool within the nation created to teach African American college students. Newsweek reported that the Tuesday menace at Dunbar Excessive College got here through telephone name, with the individual on the opposite line saying there was a bomb inside the varsity and everybody had 10 minutes to get out.

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Six Washington D.C. excessive colleges had been evacuated as a consequence of bomb threats on February 9, at some point after Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was evacuated from a faculty throughout one other bomb menace. Above, college students are seen strolling into a faculty.Inventory Picture/Getty Pictures

Secret Service needed to take away Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, from the varsity only some minutes into the Black Historical past Month occasion. It was not instantly clear whether or not the newest bomb menace at Dunbar was straight associated to Tuesday's.

Some are speculating whether or not these threats have any relation to a sequence of latest bomb threats in opposition to traditionally Black schools and universities (HBCUs) final week. Over a dozen HBCUs in a number of totally different states acquired threats on January 31 and February 1, the primary day of Black Historical past Month. Legislation enforcement didn't discover bombs in any of the establishments.

MPD Chief Robert Contee advised a WTTG-TV reporter that authorities didn't have any proof tying Wednesday's state of affairs to the HBCU threats, however "it isn't being dominated out" of their investigation.

Lewis D. Ferebee, chancellor for DCPS, mentioned on Twitter the threats are "troublesome incidents that we take very severely."

"All college students & employees had been safely evacuated in accordance with DCPS protocols, and MPD responded swiftly to the colleges," Ferebee wrote. "[DCPS] values the security of all our college students, employees, and guests and can proceed to supply help to our college communities whereas the MPD investigations are ongoing."

IDEA Public Constitution College additionally launched a assertion on the state of affairs, saying the threats are being "taken severely and investigated totally."

"Our faculty is dedicated to the security and schooling of all our students," the assertion mentioned.

Replace 02/09/22, 3:15 p.m. ET: This story was up to date with particulars from the D.C. Metropolitan Police and a press release from IDEA Public Constitution College.

Replace 02/09/22, 2:15 p.m. ET: This story was up to date so as to add extra info and a press release from Lewis D. Ferebee, chancellor for District of Columbia Public Faculties.