Multiple Bomb Threats Made To Synagogues In MA Over The Weekend

MASSACHUSETTS — State police are investigating after multiple bomb threats were made to synagogues and affiliated facilities in Massachusetts Sunday, police confirmed to Patch Monday afternoon.

The threats were conveyed through an email message that appears to have been sent from the same email address, police said.

The State Police Bomb Squad responded to three synagogues and a Jewish community center in Framingham, a Jewish cultural center in Tisbury, and a Jewish synagogue in Florence, according to police. Authorities also conducted sweeps of a synagogue in Natick in advance of a planned event there Sunday afternoon.

No explosives or hazards have been located at any site, but the threats are still being monitored by the State Police Commonwealth Fusion Center, police said.

"The State Police Anti-Terrorism Unit is assisting in the investigation into the source of the threats," the department wrote in an email to Patch. "The State Police Hate Crime Awareness and Response Team, a unit that was established several weeks ago, will communicate with religious leaders about follow-up concerns they may have related to the threats."

Hundreds of similar threats were received by Jewish institutions across the United States over the weekend, according to police.

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