In a shocking development 6 of the schools from Bengaluru have received Bomb Threats. The schools are situated on the outskirts of the cities and the threat was send to the official email address of theschools. Following the threat, all the school premise were cleared with quick actions and police along with bomb squad carried out the search operations.
Initially, Ebenezer International School located in Hebbagodi police station limits and Vincent Pallotti International School located in Hennur police station limits received the threats. Later, it came to light that the threat has also been given to Gopalan Public School in Mahadevapura, Delhi Public School of Varthur, New Academy School of Marathahalli and The Indian Public School of Govindapura, police sources stated.
One of the threat messages read: “A powerful bomb has been planted in your school, attention it is not a joke, this is not joke, a very powerful bomb has been planted in your school, immediately call the police and sappers, hundreds of lives may suffer, including yours, do not delay, now everything is only in your hands!” The email was forwarded from ‘barons.masarfm@gmail.com’.
Additional Commissioner (West) A. Subramanyeshwara Rao said that “99 per cent of bomb threats like these turn out to be hoax later and there was no need for parents and students to get panicky. Search operations were being conducted in the premises of the schools without disturbing the ongoing examinations.”
