Chennai: Several schools in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, received bomb threats via email for the second day in a row on Friday.
Bomb squads were present at the location, Trichy police said, as quoted by ANI.
#WATCH | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu: Several schools receive bomb threats through email for the second day in a row. Bomb Squad present on the spot.
Source: Trichy Police pic.twitter.com/2EiIS3t930
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On Thursday, at least nine educational institutions received similar email in Tiruchirappalli. It was claimed that bombs were planted on the school premises, but the threat turned out to be a hoax after police conducted searches.
The management of Manapparai-based Campion School had alerted police after finding such an email, the New Indian Express had reported.
A bomb detection and disposal squad searched the school premises. Later, similar searches were carried out in other institutions that received the email.
The institutions that got the email are St Joseph’s College, Holy Cross College, Manapparai Campion School, Sammath School, Arcot School, Acharya School, Kampan School, St Anne’s School and Rajam Public School.