New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) Several prominent private schools in the national capital received a bomb threat email on Wednesday morning, triggering large-scale evacuations and emergency checks before authorities declared the threats a hoax, officials said.

According to police and fire officials, the threat emails -- sent from an email ID -- wasung@atomicmail.io -- at around 10.08 am were addressed to multiple institutions, including Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, Modern School, Barakhamba Road, and Delhi Public School, RK Puram.

The message, written partly in Punjabi and English, claimed that a "bomb blast" would take place at 12.05 pm and referred to "Khalistan".

The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) had earlier confirmed receiving information about a threat at Lovely Public School in Laxmi Nag

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