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Security Incident

Multiple Delhi schools receive bomb threats on February 9, 2026, prompting evacuations

At least 9-10 schools in Delhi received bomb threat emails signed by 'Khalistan National Army' on February 9, 2026 morning, leading to student evacuations and searches by police, fire services, and bomb squads. Part of ongoing hoax wave targeting schools.

Why It Matters

Repeated school bomb threats disrupt education, heighten public anxiety, strain emergency resources, and raise concerns over security vulnerabilities amid pattern of hoaxes referencing Khalistan and past events like Afzal Guru.

Timeline

10 Events

Searches underway at schools

February 9, 2026, ongoing

Extensive searches continue across affected schools; no suspicious items reported as of latest updates.

Emergency response and evacuations

February 9, 2026, morning

Delhi Fire Services receives calls; fire tenders, bomb squads, dog squads deployed; students and staff evacuated as precaution.

Bomb threat emails sent to Delhi schools

February 9, 2026, 8:30:00 AM

9-10 schools including Loreto Convent Delhi Cantonment, Venkateshwar Global Rohini, Cambridge Srinivaspuri, Indian School Sadiq Nagar receive emails from 'Khalistan National Army' threatening explosions at 1:11 PM and Parliament blast on February 13.

Noida and Ahmedabad schools threatened

January 23, 2026

Schools including Shiv Nadar and Cambridge in Noida suspend operations; searches find no explosives.

Five Delhi schools receive threats

January 29, 2026

Loreto Convent, Don Bosco Chittaranjan Park, Carmel Convent Anand Niketan and Dwarka targeted; evacuations and searches confirm hoax.

Dwarka court complex hoax

January 28, 2026

Dwarka court complex receives bomb threat email; declared hoax after search.

December 2025 school threats

December 2025

Over 40 schools in Delhi receive threats, including British School, Modern School, Sanskriti School.

Further threats to Delhi schools

November 20, 2025

CRPF School Dwarka, Sant Darshan Public School, Andhra School hit; hoaxes confirmed after checks.

Multiple Delhi schools targeted

October 25, 2025

CRPF Public School Dwarka, Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, and others receive threats; searches conducted and cleared.

Wave of school bomb threat hoaxes begins

January 2025

Schools in Delhi NCR start receiving bomb threat emails, prompting evacuations; pattern emerges with threats from anonymous sources.