New Delhi: The Delhi Public School in south Delhi’s RK Puram received a bomb threat on Saturday morning, making it the third instance of threats to schools in the national capital in a week. All the bomb threats sent to schools till now have been declared hoaxes.
The threat was received on the school principal’s official email ID following which the management informed the police. The fire department, local police, dog squads and bomb detection teams reached the school and launched a search operation, the official said.
“ON SATURDAY WHERE STUDENTS MAY NOT BE THERE IN YOUR BUILDINGS, IS WHEN THE BUILDINGS SHALL BE BROUGHT DOWN,” the threat mail’s content read. The mail was sent from a user by the name of Barry Allah.
The school was closed due to today a Saturday.
#WATCH | Delhi: Visuals from outside of DPS RK Puram – one of the schools that receive bomb threats, via e-mail, today morning pic.twitter.com/UrOddv8JnC
— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2024
On Friday, approximately 30 schools received bomb threats sent via email, prompting a multi-agency search of their premises. Earlier in the week, at least 44 schools had received similar emails on Monday. The police later confirmed those earlier threats were hoaxes, as no suspicious items were discovered during the searches.
