US EditionGujarat Schools Evacuated Amid Bomb Threat Hoax
Authorities evacuated 34 schools in Gujarat after bomb threat emails, with no explosives found; cybercrime police are investigating the source and intent behind the hoax.
- Bomb-Threat emails landed across Gujarat on Monday morning, forcing evacuations at 34 schools—19 in Vadodara and 15 in Ahmedabad—amid panic among students and parents.
- Police noted that the messages carried incendiary lines referencing a divided India and Modi-Shah, and police said prima facie the emails appeared mischievous after a similar hoax on January 23, 2026.
- Vadodara Police Commissioner Narasimha Komar said local police, SOG, Crime Branch and BDDS evacuated and sanitised 13 schools, with nine completed, after bomb threats, he added.
- Most schools dismissed for the day, with school principals calling parents to collect students, prompting frantic rushes while local police and emergency responders struggled to manage simultaneous campus checks.
- A case registered by cybercrime police will focus on tracing the sender after senior police officers said the emails arrived around 7 am and threatened detonation at 1.11 pm.
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Gujarat Schools Evacuated Amid Bomb Threat Hoax
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