Overview
- The explosion occurred around 2:48 a.m. inside the Goldenson Building on Harvard’s Longwood campus.
- A Harvard University Police officer saw two people fleeing the building and was unable to stop them.
- The Boston Fire Department Arson Unit made an initial assessment that the blast was intentional.
- Boston police found no additional devices during a sweep, and the building is closed for forensic work.
- The FBI is assisting HUPD, which released surveillance stills of two masked persons and requested tips at 617-495-1796.