Mohali, Feb. 12 -- A fortnight after 30 Chandigarh schools received bomb threat emails, similar mails were sent out to 18 schools in Mohali district - 16 in Mohali city and one each in Zirakpur and Kharar, on Wednesday morning. All mails turned out to be a hoax, officials later confirmed.

Among the prominent schools to receive the threats were Amity School, Doon School, Learning Paths School, Gurukul School, Vivek High School, Paragon School, Yadavindra Public School (YPS), St Mary's School, Manav Rachna School, Lawrence School, Gem Public School, Ram Tirath School, Shiwalik Public School and Sant Ishar Singh School, among others.

The emails were received between 7.30 am to 8 am, right before most schools were to open for the day. Actin...