Mississippi, Alabama Colleges Receive Bomb Threats | Inside Higher Ed

A number of increased training establishments in Mississippi and Alabama acquired bomb threats this week.

Hinds Neighborhood Faculty Nursing and Allied Well being Middle in Jackson, Miss., acquired a risk Thursday morning, WAPT information reported. Mississippi State College, William Carey College, Meridian Neighborhood Faculty and three Mississippi Gulf Coast Neighborhood Faculty campuses all acquired threats yesterday as effectively, WLOX information reported.

A information launch from Mississippi State College additionally talked about that Alcorn State College, a traditionally Black land-grant establishment, and Itawamba Neighborhood Faculty additionally acquired threats Thursday. All of the campuses have reportedly issued all-clear messages, and no bombs have been discovered.

These incidents comply with at the very least 13 threats to schools and universities in Alabama on Wednesday, together with the College of Alabama at Huntsville, the College of South Alabama, Wallace Neighborhood Faculty, Calhoun Neighborhood Faculty, Auburn College, Reid State Technical Faculty and Northwest-Shoals Neighborhood Faculty. These establishments additionally issued all-clear messages.

Holmes Neighborhood Faculty acquired a risk round 2:30 p.m. Thursday and was on lockdown as of yesterday afternoon, in accordance with The Clarion Ledger.

Caron Blanton, director of communications for Mississippi Public Universities, mentioned an investigation is ongoing to search out the perpetrator.

“All bomb threats acquired by the colleges are taken severely, with the suitable precautions taken and regulation enforcement utilized to research and help as wanted,” Blanton mentioned in a press launch.

Bomb threats have disrupted increased training establishments and shut down campuses all through the summer time. Traditionally Black schools and universities additionally acquired a rash of bomb threats earlier this yr.