India: Bomb threats at over 60 schools in Delhi, Bengaluru
The fire department and Delhi police rushed to the spot after receiving information about the bomb threats, the Department of Delhi Fire Services said. Further investigation is underway.
This comes days after nearly 10 schools and one college in the national capital received bomb threats via email over the last three days, prompting police action and temporary closures.
According to the Police the bomb threat letter said, " Hello. I am writing to let you know that I have placed several explosive devices (trinitrotoluene) within school classrooms. The explosives are skillfully hidden, in black plastic bags. I will erase every last one of you from this world. Not a single soul will survive. I will gladly laugh when I will watch the news, only to see the parents show up at the school and to be greeted by the cold, dismembered bodies of their children."
"You all deserve to suffer. I truly hate my life, I will commit suicide after the news, will slit my throat and slit my wrists. I was never truly helped, psychiatrists, psychologists, no one has ever cared and no one will ever care. You only care about medicating the helpless and clueless humans' psychiatrists never tell you that those meds ruin your organs or that they cause disgusting weight gain. You brainwash people into thinking psychiatric meds can help them. But they don't. I a living proof that they do not. You all deserve this. You deserve to suffer just like me," the letter read.
Earlier, on Wednesday morning, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya announced it would remain closed for the day as advised by the police.
According to officials, the schools that received threats include St. Thomas School in Dwarka, Vasant Valley School in Vasant Kunj, The Mother's International School in Hauz Khas, Richmond Global School in Paschim Vihar, and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Lodhi Estate.
Following the alerts, personnel from the Delhi Police and the bomb disposal squad were deployed to the school premises. Fire tenders were also sent to the affected locations.
Meanwhile, Indian news outlet The Times of India reported that 40 schools in Bengaluru, India's tech capital, received bomb threats via email.
According to the outlet, the emails were sent by a person using the email ID 'roadkill333@atomicmail.io' where the sender claimed to have placed multiple explosives inside classrooms.
3 Delhi University colleges receive threats
Three colleges of Delhi University also received bomb threats on Friday.
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