"Convert to ISLAM other wise... ": 15 schools in Bengaluru receive bomb threats, Students evacuated

In a shocking development, at least 15 schools throughout Bengaluru s received bomb threat emails in which they have threaten to blow up the school if they don’t convert to Islam. This lead to a panic situation amongst authorities, students, parents and staff.

The emails received on Friday were sent from various addresses by masking the IP address of origin.

At the time of filing this report, police were searching all the schools which reported such threats. So far, nothing suspicious has been found.

Authorities including the bomb squad department are combing through the premises of these schools to spot and retrieve any suspicious items. Cops have also evacuated students and staff from the schools as a precautionary measure and many schools have instructed parents to come and pick up their children early.

The threat email is reproduced verbatim below:-“

“There are explosive devices on the school grounds.On November 26 martyrs in the way of Allah killed hundreds of idolaters. It is truly powerful to hold a knife over tens of millions of thin gulps of kafirs. He falls and falls.Hundreds of Mujahideen flooded the war area in anticipation of martyrdom in the way of Allah. You are the enemies of Allah. We will kill you and your children. You have a choice to become our slaves or to accept the true religion of Allah Temples. Your idols. From Buddha to infinity.They will fly apart from our explosions. Bismillah, we will spread the true religion of Allah to the whole of India. And we sent predators at you. Already flying to immerse yourself in the Taj.Bismillah tomorrow it will become the capital and thousands of Zionists all over the world dead. Convert to Islam or die under the weight of the sword of Islam. When you meet with non-believers, you chop off their heads.Chop off their heads and chop off all their fingers. Fight all the polytheists just as they fight all of you. Allahu Akbar”

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition R. Ashok visited the schools to reassure parents and pledged to take stringent action. This marks the second occurrence of schools receiving such a hoax mail.

Earlier this year, many schools in Bengaluru had received similar kinds of email threats that turned out to be hoax.

On April 8, 2022, as many as 16 schools in Bengaluru received hoax bomb threat emails between 11 am and 2.30 pm. The email read: "A very powerful bomb has been planted in your school, attention is not a joke, this is not a joke, a very powerful bomb has been planted in your school, immediately call the police and sappers, hundreds of lives may suffer including yours, do not delay, now everything is only in your hands."