At least one explosion took place at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, injuring at least one person, according to multiple reports.
Police had arrived at the scene around 7:16 p.m., authorities told ABC News. A police bomb squad sealed off part of the campus late Tuesday to investigate at least one suspicious package. Boston police said they had received reports of a package that exploded when it was opened near the university’s Holmes Hall.
Northeastern is a private university in downtown Boston. It asked students who had gathered for an evening journalism class at the hall to evacuate the building. The university said a notification was sent to the Boston campus at 7:55 p.m. urging people to avoid the area, per ABC News. It also said the package was delivered to Holmes Hall at around 7 p.m. local time, reported NBC Boston….