Four buildings at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts were evacuated Monday after there were unconfirmed reports of the presence of explosives. Thayer, Emerson, and Sever Hall were cleared in the early afternoon, and campus police said students may return. The Science Center was cleared shortly before 3:00 pm. No explosives have been found yet, according to The Harvard Crimson.
Final exams in the affected buildings, which were to take place Monday morning, were postponed. Access to Harvard Yard was restricted to those with Harvard identification.
The emergency webpage for the school announced that the Harvard University Police Department received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed in those buildings. The four buildings were being evacuated, HUPD announced, "out of an abundance of caution," while the report was investigated. "The HUPD has no reason to believe there is a threat to any other site on campus," the school's police department said.
The Harvard Crimson reported that students have filled Annenberg Hall after being evacuated. It also reported that as of 11:00 am, HUPD said no explosives had yet been found.
Update: HUPD/Cambridge Police on scene. Unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed in 4 campus buildings http://t.co/dr5PFJr2Is
— Harvard University (@Harvard) December 16, 2013
Police have blocked off the entrance into Science Center Plaza between Annenberg and plaza. More @thecrimson pic.twitter.com/sC18lOchRE
— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) December 16, 2013
Firefighters in front of Sever Hall in Harvard Yard after unconfirmed reports of explosives forced its evacuation pic.twitter.com/3Cb28ReuDg
— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) December 16, 2013
Students have filled Annenberg Hall after being evacuated this morning due to bomb threats. More @thecrimson pic.twitter.com/sC1WiU3hnJ
— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) December 16, 2013
A HUPD patrol car sits outside the Science Center Mon. morning after bomb threats forced evacuation of the building pic.twitter.com/yg8XVPodC2
— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) December 16, 2013
Access to Harvard Yard has been restricted to those with a Harvard ID, Executive VP Katie Lapp says in email to community
— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) December 16, 2013
Vehicles from Mass. State Police, CPD, HUPD, Homeland Security line up on Kirkland St. near the Science Center pic.twitter.com/stL9oEwoeC
— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) December 16, 2013
Photo: President Drew Faust and Interim Dean of Harvard College, Donald Pfister talk with students in Annenberg Hall pic.twitter.com/Lb7HoNnGRS
— Harvard University (@Harvard) December 16, 2013
This report contains information from The Associated Press.
