Saturday, 18 May 2024
Saturday, 18 May 2024
A police personnel exits the Mother Mary’s School, Mayur Vihar after multiple schools received bomb threats via e-mail, in New Delhi. In a scare of unprecedented scale, at least 100 schools in the Delhi NCR area received an identical bomb threat by email early today, triggering mass evacuations and massive searches as panicked parents rushed to pick up their children. The threat was declared a hoax as 'nothing objectionable' was found during searches, police said.
Security personnel inspect an office at the DPS School after a bomb threat was received by the school via e-mail, at Sector 30, in Noida. Police sources said that the email schools received had the same source, suspected to be sent from Russia aimed at creating panic. They added that it is also possible that culprits may have masked their identity using the dark net.
School children, teachers and others at Mother Mary’s School at Mayur Vihar, in New Delhi. A senior officer said that since the incident is related to national security, Delhi Police is likely to register an FIR under stringent sections of the IPC. According to Delhi Fire Service (DFS), at least 97 calls from different schools have been received till 12 noon.
School children being taken away from the DPS School, Siddharth Vihar after a bomb threat was received by the school via e-mail, in Ghaziabad, in Noida. They started receiving calls about the bomb threat at 6 am, an officer said. An official said that DFS also received calls even after noon and firefighters are still on the ground.
Security personnel inspect a class room at the DPS School after a bomb threat was received by the school via e-mail, at Sector 30, in Noida. Multiple private schools in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram also received the bomb threat but local police dismissed them as hoax. The school administrations were seen making announcements on the microphone while parents rushed to collect their wards.
