Students of a south Delhi school were evacuated on Wednesday after the school received a bomb threat via email. The premises were searched twice but nothing suspicious has been found so far, police said.
According to police, an email was sent to Indian Public School in Sadiq Nagar at 10:49 am, claiming that a bomb has been planted on its premises. The school was evacuated as a precaution, they added.
Videos from outside the school show a large crowd, mostly parents of the students, assembled at the gate. "We received a message from the school asking us to take our children home," one of the parents said.
“This is not the first time the school admin received a bomb threat. Last year in November, the admin received a similar email from an unknown sender. That was a hoax email. Our teams are at the spot with Bomb Disposal Squad and dog squad," senior police officer Chandan Chowdhary told news agency ANI.
Police say they are trying to ascertain from where the email originated as the November hoax email was sent from Germany.
Further details are awaited.
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