New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Two schools in the national capital received bomb threat in the early hours of Wednesday. A fire tender has been dispatched after the information was received at around 7:40 AM, Delhi fire service officials said.

According to an official statement, Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya (SKV) in Malviya Nagar received the bomb threat at 7:40 AM, and Prasad Nagar's Andhra School in Karol Bagh received a threat at 7:42 AM.

These threats come two days after several schools in Delhi received hoax bomb threats on August 18, with Delhi Public School (DPS) Dwarka, Modern Convent School and ShreeRam World School in Sector 10, Dwarka received the threat through email.

As a safety measure, the schools were quickly evacuated. Police and ...