A bomb threat email initiated a security response at a Mumbai school. Authorities and explosive detection units examined the site. Similarly, two Tamil Nadu schools in Erode were evacuated after receiving email threats, which later proved to be hoaxes. Police and bomb squads conducted thorough searches at both locations.
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