Nineteen bomb threat messages targeting schools, courts, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) offices and the Narendra Modi Stadium were received on Tuesday, a cybercrime branch official confirmed to IANS, as security agencies responded to threatening emails sent to educational institutions and other locations in the city.
Local police, bomb detection teams and dog squads were deployed at schools, with school authorities taking precautionary measures.
One of the emails, received by Shree Narayana Guru School, carried the subject line “Warning! Local police, bomb detection teams and dog squads were deployed at schools, with school authorities taking precautionary measures, including sending students home and asking parents to collect them. The latest incident follows previous bomb threats against public institutions and prominent venues in Gujarat. The investigation into threats in Ahmedabad is under way, with the sender’s identity and the credibility of the messages yet to be established.
BOM|B Blast Ahmedabad Schools @ 1:11 PM”.
