More institutes receive bomb threats: 10 schools in Delhi NCR targeted with threat mails in 3 days, Police say
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10 schools in Delhi NCR receive bomb threats via mail in 3 days Photograph: (Credit: ANI)
Third day in a row, Delhi NCR schools receive bomb threats via mail. Police highlights 10 institutes have received threats, nothing suspicious have been found so far.
Multiple schools in Delhi NCR have received bomb threats in the last three days. On Wednesday (July 16), three more schools received a bomb via e-mail. The targets of these mails were St. Thomas School in Dwarka, Vasant Valley School in Vasant Kunj, Mother's International School in Hauz Khas, Richmond Global School in Paschim Vihar, and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Lodi Estate. This morning, St. Stephen’s College also received a threat. Delhi police days around 10 schools and one college have received such threats.
The mail mentioned there were four IED bombs and RDX planted in the premises. The mail also specified that it was in the institute’s library stating that it would explode by 2 PM IST. Search operations have been initiated, and nothing suspicious has come to the fore as yet.
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Threats received by other institutes:
Earlier this week, on Monday (July 14), bomb threats were received by the Navy Children School in Chanakyapuri, the CRPF school in Dwarka, andthe CRPF Schoolin Prashant Vihar, Rohini. The following day, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai also received an email that mentioned it was targeted and would be blown up. On inspection, the bomb squad team and police noted nothing suspicious was found.