40 private schools in Bengaluru receive bomb threats, police teams on spot. (Representative image)

You all deserve to suffer: Bomb threat mail to 40 private schools in Bengaluru

At least 40 private schools across Bengaluru received bomb threat emails on Friday morning, triggering massive police deployment, Bomb Disposal Squad inspections and city-wide efforts to trace the source.

by · India Today

In Short

  • Bomb threats sent to 40 private Bengaluru schools
  • Police, bomb squad rush to affected schools
  • Police launch probe to trace origin of threat emails

At least 40 private schools across Bengaluru received bomb threat emails early on Friday morning, prompting a large-scale police response across the city. Schools in various areas, including Rajarajeshwari Nagar and Kengeri, were among those targeted by the anonymous messages.

The Bengaluru City Police deployed multiple teams to the affected institutions soon after the alerts were reported. Bomb Disposal Squad personnel were also pressed into service, with comprehensive checks being carried out on school premises to ensure the safety of students and staff.

The email, titled “BOMBS INSIDE THE SCHOOL”, was reportedly sent to multiple institutions from the ID roadkill 333@atomicmail.io. The sender claimed to have planted multiple explosive devices containing trinitrotoluene (TNT) in classrooms.

The message stated: The explosives are skillfully hidden, in black plastic bags. I will erase every last one of you from this world. Not a single soul will survive. I will gladly laugh when I will watch the news, only to see the parents show up at the school and to be greeted by the cold, dismembered bodies of their children.

It further said, “You all deserve to suffer. I truly hate my life, I will commit suicide after the news kick in. I will slit my throat and slit my wrists. I was never truly helped, psychiatrists, psychologists, no one has ever cared and no one will ever care. You only care about medicating the helpless and clueless humans.. . Please give a copy of the message to the press/media.”

Investigation teams are actively working to trace the origin of the threatening email.

Responding to the incident, Home Minister G Parameshwara said, “In the past, we have received several bomb threat calls and emails. This time as well, we will verify the school bomb threat. We are not taking any issue lightly and are verifying everything.”

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With inputs from Nagarjun Dwarakanath