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Delhi Bomb Threat: Over 80 schools in the national capital received a bomb threat via email on Wednesday morning. Searches were conducted across the schools and the threat turned out to be a hoax. It has been reported that the emails were sent via a single IP address having a Russian domain-mail.ru.

According to the sources, the email ID from which Delhi NCR schools were sent the threat letter is 'sawariim@mail.ru.'The investigation so far has revealed that 'Sawariim' (clashing of the swords) is an Arabic word, that has been used by the Islamic State since 2014 to spread Islamist propaganda.

Police sources said that the email schools received had the same source, suspected to be sent from Russia aimed at creating panic.

They added that it is also possible that culprits may have masked their identity using the dark net.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an official statement saying that the email appeared to be a 'hoax'.

"There is no need to panic. The mail appears to be a hoax. Delhi Police and security agencies are taking necessary steps as per protocol," the official release from the MHA read.

Delhi Minister Atishi spoke about the bomb threat, she called it "unfortunate" and said that the Delhi government is constantly in touch with the Delhi Police. She also mentioned that nothing was found after the searches were carried out at these schools.

"This is very unfortunate that someone is trying to target children and their parents and trouble them. Fortunately, this threat turned out to be a hoax. We were constantly in touch with the Delhi Police. Delhi police sent a bomb squad to each school that received a threat, and a thorough search was carried out. No such thing, which could prove to be dangerous for children, was found in any school," she said.

She further mentioned that schools will be closely monitored and will function normally from tomorrow onwards.

Visuals from several educational institutions showed parents gathering in front of the building to take up their kids. Parents were seen rushing to pick up their children while school administrators made announcements on the microphone.