IN PHOTOS: Two Delhi hospitals, IGI Airport receive bomb threats

Updated On: 12 May, 2024 08:22 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

The Delhi Fire Services on Sunday said that two city hospitals and Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport received bomb threats through email. Pics/PTI

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The Delhi Fire Services on Sunday said that two city hospitals and Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport received bomb threats through email. Pics/PTI

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The incident comes around 11 days after over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received a bomb scare of unprecedented scale

<p>The bomb threats were reported from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Burari Hospital in the northern part of the city and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in outer Delhi, a senior official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said</p>

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The bomb threats were reported from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Burari Hospital in the northern part of the city and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in outer Delhi, a senior official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said

<p>The police sources told the PTI, the airport authorities received a threat email at 6 pm. After a call regarding the threat from Burari Hospital at 3 pm, local police, bomb squad, dog squad were rushed to the spot, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) M K Meena said</p>

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The police sources told the PTI, the airport authorities received a threat email at 6 pm. After a call regarding the threat from Burari Hospital at 3 pm, local police, bomb squad, dog squad were rushed to the spot, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) M K Meena said

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The teams that rushed to the spot checked the hospital but nothing suspicious has been found so far, the officials said

<p>In a statement, an official at the Burari Hospital said, "At around 3 pm, we received an email regarding a bomb in the hospital. After this, all the safety measures had been thoroughly checked and everything was stable. This was the first time we received such an email"</p>

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In a statement, an official at the Burari Hospital said, "At around 3 pm, we received an email regarding a bomb in the hospital. After this, all the safety measures had been thoroughly checked and everything was stable. This was the first time we received such an email"

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Sanjay Gandhi Hospital also received a threat email around 3 pm, according to officials

<p>"Soon after the call, we immediately pressed two fire engines at both the locations. Our teams are still there as the search operation is going on," a DFS official said</p>

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"Soon after the call, we immediately pressed two fire engines at both the locations. Our teams are still there as the search operation is going on," a DFS official said

<p>On May 1, over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat email claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children</p>

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On May 1, over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat email claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children

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