Bomb threats to 5 Delhi schools, searches underway
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New Delhi: After five schools in the nation's capital received bomb threats on Wednesday morning, panic broke out, according to police officials.
Email bomb threats have been sent to Mother Mary School in Mayur Vihar, Delhi Public School in Dwarka, Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, Delhi Public School at Vasant Kunj, and Amity School in Saket, according to the schools.
All five schools have been evacuated after local police were informed about the emails, they added.
Bomb detection team, bomb disposal squad and officials of Delhi Fire Service have been rushed to the school and a search operation is underway, a police officer said.
More schools are said to have received a similar threat mail and it is suspected that one person was behind it all, an officer said.
Security agencies, including the Delhi Police Special Cell, are looking to find the source of the email.
With PTI inputs