A total of ten schools in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, received hoax bomb threats via email on Wednesday. Upon the premises being searched, nothing was found, said the police.
As a precautionary measure, these schools declared a holiday for the afternoon shift as the morning shift was already over when they received the emails, having a common text, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 1, Harshad Patel said.
After being alerted, police, along with the bomb detection and disposal squad, dog squad, and anti-sabotage teams, reached the schools and conducted a thorough search, Patel informed the media.
"In the email sent to the schools, it was claimed that bomb blasts would be carried out in these establishments during the afternoon. As a precautionary measure, these schools declared a holiday for the afternoon shift as the morning shift was already over," he said.
"Our teams reached the schools and conducted a thorough search. However, nothing suspicious was found. Cybercrime teams are now investigating the source of these emails and who was behind them," Patel said.
The exact contents of these emails are not disclosed because the matter is under investigation, he said.
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