Bomb hoax: Caller threatens Mama Parsi School

Classes ended abruptly when an anonymous call to the Mama Parsi School warned of a bomb on campus.

KARACHI: Classes ended abruptly on Friday when an anonymous call to the Mama Parsi School warned of a bomb on campus.

Students were evacuated and the police was called. Police said the call came around 12:15 pm on the school landline number and the caller claimed that the bomb placed in the school would explode soon. The police and a team of the Bomb Disposal Squad conducted a search for explosive devices on the premises of the school but found nothing.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 19^th, 2011.