Panic over bomb threats to 13 schools

Cops start inquiry to trace culprits, sniffer dog teams conduct anti-sabotage checks

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PANIC gripped Chennai after at least 13 private schools in the city received bomb threat through emails on Thursday morning. Multiple bomb detection squads and sniffer dog teams conducted anti-sabotage checks at the schools in Mannady, JJ Nagar, Anna Nag ar, Gopalapuram, Nandambakkam and Royapettah, among others, police said.

A police press release issued later in the day said that all the 13 schools were checked and the threat turned out to be a hoax. Special police and cyber crime teams have started an inquiry to trace the culprits behind the threat mails.