5 Delhi schools hit by fresh bomb threats, security teams deployed on spot

New Delhi: Yet again, this morning at least five schools in the national capital city of Delhi, including BGS International Public School in Dwarka Sector 5, received bomb threats, marking the third such scare in as many days.

Police and fire service teams were swiftly dispatched to the affected campuses to conduct thorough checks, though no immediate danger was reported.

Notably, the fresh threats are part of a disturbing sequence of hoaxes that has unsettled the capital this week. On Monday, more than 30 schools were targeted with similar warnings, which later turned out to be false. Barely a day later, nearly 50 institutions,  among them DAV Public School, Faith Academy, Doon Public School, Sarvodhaya Vidyalaya, Rahul Model School, Maxfort School in Dwarka, SKV in Malviya Nagar, and the Andhra School in Prasad Nagar also received e-mailed threats, which too proved baseless.

According to police sources quoted by PTI, the e-mails received on Wednesday are believed to have been sent by the same group, identified as Terrorizers 111, which had claimed responsibility for Monday’s messages.

The threatening e-mails, dispatched late on Tuesday night, went beyond previous warnings. The group not only demanded 2,000 dollars in cryptocurrency but also detailed alleged breaches of school security systems.

"We are the Terrorizers 111 group. We have planted explosives inside your building, and others across the city. Devices include high-yield C4 bombs and timed charges placed in classrooms, auditoriums, staff rooms, and school buses, designed to cause maximum casualties. We have breached your IT systems, extracted student and staff data, and compromised all security cameras," PTI quoted the mail as saying.

The e-mail went on to demand payment to an Ethereum wallet address, threatening that the explosives would be detonated within 48 hours if their demand was not met.

(With agency inputs)