A 16-year-old male has been arrested and charged for making threats to several schools in the US capital this week, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced on Thursday, APA reports citing ABC News.

“Update: a 16-year old juvenile male, of Southeast, DC, has been arrested and charged with Terroristic Threats in connection to multiple bomb threats yesterday,” MPD said via Twitter. “MPD continues to investigate these incidents with our federal partners.”

On Wednesday, MPD said it was responding to several bomb threats in Washington and was evacuating public and charter schools

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency