Overview
- An early-morning alarm Saturday at the Goldenson Building on Harvard’s Longwood campus led responders to evidence of an explosion on the fourth floor.
- Harvard University Police released surveillance images of two individuals observed fleeing and requested public help to identify them.
- Boston Fire’s arson investigators assessed the blast as apparently intentional based on preliminary evaluation.
- Boston Police and specialized teams swept the building for other explosive devices and found none, and the scene remains secured.
- The FBI confirmed agents are assisting Harvard police in the active criminal inquiry as investigators work to determine the motive and the device’s specifics.