Man Injured When Package Explodes At Northeastern

The New York Times reports:

A package exploded inside a campus building at Northeastern University on Tuesday night, injuring an employee and spreading fear among Boston’s many college campuses, the police said.

Officers were called just after 7:15 p.m. to Holmes Hall at 39 Leon Street, which houses the writing center on the private university’s campus, for a suspicious package that had detonated, the authorities said. A further search revealed a second package, which was rendered safe by the Boston Police Department’s bomb squad.

Felipe Colon, the superintendent of the Boston Police Department, said at a news conference late Tuesday that the employee, a 45-year-old man, had been transported to an area hospital with a minor hand injury.

Boston’s ABC affiliate reports:

The staff member, a 45-year-old man, who was injured in the incident had opened a hard-packed Pelican-type case, according to law enforcement sources.

The case did not contain any explosive material, ABC reported, however it had been pressurized and when opened caused the detonation.

Officials allegedly found what sources described as an anonymous note mentioning virtual reality and Facebook. It warned against working with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, law enforcement sources told ABC News.