Over the span of just a few hours on Wednesday morning, a Georgia university and a hospital received unfounded threats that prompted emergency responses.

It’s not the first time it has happened this week.

The GBI and FBI Atlanta are now looking into a recent rise in online threats across the state. Hoax calls are also occurring throughout the nation.

“The GBI is aware of these incidents and the nationwide trend by online threat actors to disrupt schools with these swatting incidents,” agency spokesperson Lydia Bullard told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Around 11:30 a.m., a spokesperson with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta said their Hughes Spalding hospital in downtown Atlanta received a bomb threat. The situation led to Georgia State University staff and students receiving a noti

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