More than 60 schools in the national capital and Bengaluru received bomb threats on Friday morning, creating panic and confusion among teachers and students. While 40 private schools in Bengaluru received hoax emails, 20 schools in Delhi received bomb threats today.
Schools in several areas, including Rajarajeshwari Nagar and Kengeri, in Bengaluru were threatened through an anonymous email message. Additionally, Delhi’s Richmond Global School in Paschim Vihar and Modern International School in Dwarka were among several schools that received hoax emails.
Police in Delhi and Bengaluru deployed teams outside the targeted schools, while students and staff were swiftly evacuated. The sender claimed to have placed several explosive devices within the classrooms of the respective schools, according to several reports.
“Hello. I am writing to let you know that I have placed several explosive devices (trinitrotoluene) within school classrooms. The explosives are skillfully hidden, in black plastic bags. I will erase every last one of you from this world. Not a single soul will survive. I will gladly laugh when I will watch the news, only to see the parents show up at the school and to be greeted by the cold, dismembered bodies of their children,” the Delhi Police quoted the threat email as saying.
“You all deserve to suffer. I truly hate my life, I will commit suicide after the news, will slit my throat and slit my wrists. I was never truly helped, psychiatrists, psychologists, no one has ever cared and no one will ever care,” it added.
The bomb squad and police cross-checked every corner of the school and found no traces of any explosive materials, indicating that the threat was a hoax. A senior police officer told news agency PTI that all necessary measures were taken upon receiving the bomb threat, and it turned out to be a hoax email.
In Delhi, St. Xavier’s School, IP College for Women, Hindu College, and Shri Ram College of Commerce also received bomb threats via email.
Over 60 schools in Delhi and Bengaluru receive bomb threats
NEW DELHI, JUL 18 (AGENCIES)