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Indian airlines hit by nearly 1,000 hoax bomb threats in 2024

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India 's airlines and airports received 999 hoax bomb threats this year as of 14 November .

This was nearly 10 times more than the threats received in 2023 .

More than 500 of the year 's threats were received in the last two weeks of October .

Police have registered 256 complaints and 12 people have been arrested in connection with these threats.

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85

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85

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39

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formal

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English

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48

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short-lived

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