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title: "Dozens of schools in Delhi get bomb threats, ANI news agency says"
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# Dozens of schools in Delhi get bomb threats, ANI news agency says

> NEW DELHI- At least 40 schools received a bomb threat by email in Delhi on Monday demanding $30,000, ANI news agency said, while police officials conducted initial searches on school premises.

By Reuters · Published 9 December 2024, 14:57 SAST · Updated 9 December 2024, 14:57 SAST

## Key points
- In a bizarre twist on the classic schoolyard prank, India has been inundated with nearly 1,000 bomb threats this year—most of which turned out to be as real as a unicorn—sending parents racing to pick up their kids while police played a game of hide-and-seek with non-existent explosives.
- India has faced a surge in bomb threats this year, with nearly 1,000 hoaxes reported at schools, airports, and railway stations.
- Recent threats included emails demanding $30,000, prompting school evacuations and police investigations.
- Authorities arrested 12 individuals linked to these bomb threats from January to mid-November.
- A similar wave of threats occurred in May, affecting over 50 schools in Delhi and Noida, all later confirmed as hoaxes.

## Content

Schools, railway stations and airports this year have been subject to hundreds of bomb threats, which have later turned out to be hoaxes.

Airlines and airports in India [received](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AFWN3MZ0BN&linkedFromStory=true) 999 hoax bomb threats from the start of the year until mid-November, and 12 people had been arrested during the same period, government data shows.

Two schools got the threatening email on Sunday night, which said multiple bombs were planted inside buildings and would be detonated if the sender was not paid $30,000, according to ANI.

Many other schools received the emails on Monday morning, prompting school authorities to call parents to take the students home for the day.

Parents were seen picking their children up from the gates of some schools as police checked school premises for suspicious items.

Police officials in Delhi did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

In May, more than 50 schools in Delhi and the adjoining suburb of Noida received [similar bomb threat](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N3H40A6&linkedFromStory=true) emails that turned out to be hoaxes.

(Reporting by Tanvi Mehta; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)