Overview
- The blast occurred around 2:48 a.m. on Nov. 1 on the fourth floor of the Goldenson Building on Harvard’s Longwood campus.
- A responding Harvard University Police officer saw two individuals fleeing and attempted to stop them before discovering evidence of the explosion.
- Harvard police released surveillance images of two masked persons of interest, including one in a brown hoodie marked “NYC” with khaki pants and gray Crocs, and another in a dark hoodie with dark plaid pajama pants.
- Boston Police conducted a sweep and found no additional devices as the Boston Fire Department’s arson unit assessed the incident as intentional.
- The investigation remains active with FBI assistance; officials asked anyone with information to call HUPD’s Detective Bureau at 617-495-1796.