US EditionBomb Threats to Multiple Amritsar Schools: Students Evacuated, Anti-Sabotage Checks On
Ten to twelve schools in Amritsar district were evacuated after bomb threats via email and call, all found hoax; authorities continue investigation to find the source.
- On Friday, multiple schools in Amritsar received bomb-threat emails, prompting evacuations as the district administration ordered shutdowns and parents rushed to collect children.
- A call around 10:40 am to Lovely Public School and copied emails set off precautions, with officials saying similar incidents this year and in 2022 were pranks traced to students.
- Emergency teams including bomb disposal squads, dog squads and fire tenders conducted room-to-room checks while senior officers rushed to secure campuses and evacuated students, teachers and staff.
- BJP and AAP leaders traded criticism and appeals for calm as Manoranjan Kalia criticised security while Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal urged close monitoring amid ongoing threats.
- Authorities report the sender remains unidentified while Cyber Police Station and state cyber cell trace the emails with central agencies, and Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said `The threats turned out to be a hoax`.
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Bomb threats to multiple Amritsar schools: Students evacuated, anti-sabotage checks on
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Multiple schools in Amritsar receive bomb threats, students evacuated, investigation underway
Multiple schools in Punjab's Amritsar received bomb threat emails on Friday, which triggered the evacuation of students and prompted the authorities to launch an investigation. The district administration ordered the closure of all schools across Amritsar as parents rushed to schools to pick up their children. "Some schools across the city and rural belt have received a suspicious email. A Gazetted Officer is deployed at each school, and anti-sa…
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