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300 schools, Delhi's IGI airport get bomb threat email; declared a hoax
The mails were sent by a group 'Terrorizers111', which had earlier also sent such threatening communications.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in Delhi, along with several other airports across the country, received a bomb threat email on Sunday, prompting the police to investigate the matter. 300 Delhi schools and several other institutions in the city have also received similar bomb threat emails. All the threats were later declared to be a hoax.
The email arrived early, around 6 a.m. According to an airport official, the threat was declared non-specific and had no impact on operations.
The mails were sent by a group 'Terrorizers111', which had earlier also sent such threatening communications.
The subject line of the email read, “Bombs placed around your building. React or face the disaster.”
"To the administration of schools and airports, I am the leader of terroristic group also known as terrorizers 111, through heaven and earth in this accursed world which in never anything goes as planned I alone am the untouchable one, I can't push myself to my limits because I am the limitless one, I am the child of evil, I am the meaning of hatred," the mail read.
"Bombs have been placed around your buildings, you have 24 hours to react or face the bloodpool," the message continued.
An official of the Delhi Fire Services said two of the schools that received the mail were CRPF Public School in Dwarka and Sarvodaya Vidyalaya near Qutub Minar.
Hoax threat at Jammu airport
The IGI airport bomb threat also came on a day when a full anti-sabotage drill was carried out at Jammu airport after a private airliner received a bomb threat email on Sunday.
However, officials quoted in a PTI report said nothing suspicious was found during a thorough search conducted by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and police without affecting the air traffic.
"An email was received by a private airliner this morning, and accordingly, a security drill in such situations was followed to rule out the presence of any explosive substance. The email was a hoax," an official of the Airport Authority of India said.
He said a police complaint was lodged in this connection, and further investigation is underway to identify the sender of the e-mail.
