Crime & Safety
Bomb Threats Target Multiple NH Higher Education Facilities
Law enforcement is stepping in after 10 higher education institutions across the state became the target to bomb threats.
CONCORD, NH — The Department of Safety is responding to reports of multiple bomb threats targeting various colleges and universities across New Hampshire Tuesday.
The New Hampshire Department of Education staff housed at the Granite State College building at 25 Hall St. in Concord were temporarily evacuated around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Employees were able to return to the building an hour later, the NH Department of Education told Patch.
The New Hampshire Department of Safety discovered the same phone number was used to make bomb threats to approximately 10 higher education facilities across the state. The caller, who may be from overseas, appears to be using a spoofed number, the Department said.
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At this time, the Department has no information to indicate any of the threats are truly credible, but a law enforcement investigation is underway. The Department did not immediately say which institutions were targeted.
"The Department is working closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners; and coordinating with the targeted institutions to share information," Commissioner Robert L. Quinn said in a statement.
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Anyone who receives a bomb threat should contact law enforcement immediately.
No additional information was immediately available.
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