Three extra Washington, D.C.-area faculties acquired bomb threats Friday, the third day of threats within the space in only one week.

The Metropolitan Police Division of the District of Columbia stated on its Twitter it was investigating threats at Calvin Coolidge Excessive Faculty and the Higher and Decrease Campuses of Digital Pioneers Academy early Friday morning. Since then, police have cleared all three with out discovering any hazardous supplies.

Friday's threats observe a pattern within the space, with at the very least six faculties needing to be evacuated Wednesday, February 9, attributable to bomb threats and a Tuesday, February 8, bomb menace forcing college students and Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, to evacuate a highschool.

MPD is presently investigating threats on the following faculties: Coolidge Excessive Faculty Digital Pioneers Academy - Higher and Decrease Campuses

It isn't but clear whether or not Friday's threats have been associated to the others from this week. The police division stated on its Twitter on February 10 it had arrested two 16-year-olds and charged them with terroristic threats in reference to the Wednesday bomb threats, although it's nonetheless investigating with its federal companions.

Replace: one other 16-year outdated juvenile male, of Northwest, DC, has been arrested and charged with Terroristic Threats in connection to a bomb menace at Kipp DC School Preparatory on Weds 2/9. MPD continues to research these incidents with our federal companions.

Police stated Dunbar Excessive Faculty, Theodore Roosevelt Excessive Faculty, Ron Brown Excessive Faculty, KIPP D.C. School Preparatory, IDEA Public Constitution Faculty, Seed Public Constitution Faculty and McKinley Tech Excessive Faculty acquired threats on Wednesday, requiring evacuations. All the faculties have been cleared of any hazardous supplies.

An eighth college, Friendship Public Constitution Faculty, additionally acquired threats Wednesday and was cleared, however college was not in session on the time, police stated on Twitter.

Dunbar Excessive Faculty, the nation's first highschool created to teach African American college students, additionally acquired a bomb menace on Tuesday whereas holding a Black Historical past Month occasion Emhoff was attending. Newsweek beforehand reported Secret Service needed to take away Emhoff from the premises.

Within the police's social media posts, they didn't specify whether or not the 2 teenagers arrested have been related to the Tuesday menace. One of many posts stated one of many 16-year-olds had been arrested and charged particularly in connection to the menace at Kipp D.C. School Preparatory whereas one other publish stated the opposite teen was arrested and charged in connection to "a number of bomb threats."

This isn't the primary time Coolidge Excessive Faculty has acquired a bomb menace. WTTG-TV reported in February 2019 college students needed to be evacuated to a recreation heart after a bomb menace, however the college was cleared shortly after.

Greater than a dozen traditionally Black schools and universities acquired bomb threats on the finish of January and the start of February. Newsweek beforehand reported D.C. police stated they've discovered no connection between these threats and the previous week's threats but, however the risk has not been dominated out.

The Metropolitan Police Division of the District of Columbia, Calvin Coolidge Excessive Faculty and Digital Pioneers Academy didn't instantly reply to Newsweek's requests for remark.

Replace 02/11/22 12:45 p.m. ET: This story was up to date so as to add extra info.

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Washington, D.C., faculties have acquired a collection of bomb threats over the previous week. Above, an aerial view of Washington, D.C.Inventory Picture/Getty Photos