Anonymous call: Bomb hoax at school panics students
DSP Malik Muhammad Ahsan says police are investigating threat at school in Cantt station neighbourhood.
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KARACHI:
There was panic in the Cantt station neighbourhood on Monday when an anonymous call at 10:15am warned the administration of a government school of a bomb planted within the school premises.
The Minwalla Girls School's administration immediately informed the police and evacuated the staff and students.
The bomb disposal squad reached the site and after inspecting the building declared it a hoax.
The school received a second call around 12:30pm and the building was searched again but no explosives were found.
DSP Malik Muhammad Ahsan said that they were trying to trace the caller to ascertain the motive behind the calls.
There was panic in the Cantt station neighbourhood on Monday when an anonymous call at 10:15am warned the administration of a government school of a bomb planted within the school premises.
The Minwalla Girls School's administration immediately informed the police and evacuated the staff and students.
The bomb disposal squad reached the site and after inspecting the building declared it a hoax.
The school received a second call around 12:30pm and the building was searched again but no explosives were found.
DSP Malik Muhammad Ahsan said that they were trying to trace the caller to ascertain the motive behind the calls.