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Crime
Bomb Threat Emails Target Four Schools in Jalalabad, Punjab
✍️ Amar Ujala · Punjab
🗓 15 Sep 2026, 01:45 PM
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Four schools in Jalalabad, Punjab received emails threatening to bomb them, prompting authorities to shut a private school and issue a security alert.
Police in Jalalabad, Punjab, have confirmed that four schools received electronic messages threatening to detonate bombs on their premises. The emails, which arrived earlier this week, contained explicit language about planting explosives and causing mass casualties.
Following the threats, the district education administration issued an immediate alert to all schools in the area and ordered the temporary closure of a private institution that was among the targets. Officials have also heightened security measures, deploying additional police personnel around the affected campuses.
The investigation is being handled by the state crime branch, which is tracing the origin of the emails and examining any digital footprints. Parents have been advised to keep children at home until the situation is deemed safe, and the schools are cooperating with authorities to ensure a thorough response.
No injuries or bomb incidents have been reported so far, and the police have urged anyone with relevant information to come forward.
Following the threats, the district education administration issued an immediate alert to all schools in the area and ordered the temporary closure of a private institution that was among the targets. Officials have also heightened security measures, deploying additional police personnel around the affected campuses.
The investigation is being handled by the state crime branch, which is tracing the origin of the emails and examining any digital footprints. Parents have been advised to keep children at home until the situation is deemed safe, and the schools are cooperating with authorities to ensure a thorough response.
No injuries or bomb incidents have been reported so far, and the police have urged anyone with relevant information to come forward.