A staff member at Northeastern University was hurt by an explosion that prompted an evacuation and a large law enforcement response.
The news that a person was hospitalized when a package delivered to a Northeastern University exploded Tuesday prompted other universities in the Boston area to issue alerts.
Also Tuesday night, Boston police were investigating a suspicious device in the area of the Museum of Fine Arts, close to Northeastern. More details about that device weren't immediately available.
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Boston University police urged "all members of the community to be cautious" after the explosion, and for anyone who spotted a suspicious package to call 617-353-2121.
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Statements from Harvard and MIT both said that their police departments were monitoring the situation and urged their own communities to be cautious as well.
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There were no reports of suspicious packages being investigated at any Boston-area university besides Northeastern.
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