DC schools evacuated for multiple bomb threats

Authorities responded to multiple bomb threats but ultimately found no explosives

Six Washington, D.C., schools were evacuated on Wednesday while authorities responded to multiple bomb threats but ultimately found no explosives, the city’s Metropolitan Police Department said on Wednesday.

In a tweet around 1:25 p.m., DC police said authorities were responding to bomb threats at six schools belonging to D.C. Public Schools and D.C. Charter Schools. The police said the “schools are currently being evacuated” and “investigations are ongoing.”

The Metropolitan Police Department said at 2:45 p.m. that “each of the schools have been cleared with no hazardous material found.”

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