Delhi School Bomb Threat: A school in Dwarka Sector 7 received a bomb threat via email on Friday, officials said. Following the information, officials reached the site.
A school in Delhi’s Dwarka Sector 7 received a bomb threat via email on Friday, officials said. According to the Delhi Fire Department, the alert was received around 7 a.m. Following the threat, teams from the Delhi Police and Fire Department rushed to the scene and are currently conducting a thorough search of the premises. This is the fourth case this week. Prior to this, at least 90 schools have been targeted since Monday.
This comes a day after six schools in the national capital received threat messages early morning. After which, chaos broke out at the school campus, with parents worrying over the children’s safety. Poonam Gupta, Principal of BGS International Public School, said, “This morning, I received an mail on the school Email ID, where there was again a bomb threat and threat of bloodshed. As a precautionary measure, I immediately called the police, and everyone was here by 6:30 AM, including the bomb squad. I am not sending any child inside the building as a precautionary measure.
Till now, close to a hundred schools have received bomb threats this week, causing widespread panic. While all the threats turned out to be hoaxes, authorities are treating them seriously because of the potential danger to thousands of students, teachers, and staff.