Seven buildings in the business corridor of Harvard University’s campus have been evacuated Wednesday morning due to a reported bomb threat. Though the situation is still evolving, the university has issued these three Tweets regarding the incident at hand.
Alert: Police are evacuating multiple buildings on @HarvardHBS campus due to a received bomb threat. More info to follow.
— Harvard University (@Harvard) May 18, 2016
Alert: The following @HarvardHBS buildings have been evacuated: Morgan, Esteves, Aldrich, Chao, Tata, Hawes & Batten https://t.co/joXOw4osNW
— Harvard University (@Harvard) May 18, 2016
If you are not in one of the evacuated buildings it is safe to stay where you are at this time. https://t.co/Hq5Yv4wXYS
— Harvard University (@Harvard) May 18, 2016
An additional Tweet from a media member indicates the threat came directly to a Business School staff member.
Harvard BusinessSchool says an email threat came into a staff member at 10:51 am. Quiet day -last day of finals but they're take home finals
— Jonathan Hall (@JHall7news) May 18, 2016
Although there seems to be some conflict with regard to the timing.
Police say call about bomb threat at Harvard Business School was received at 10:38 a.m. https://t.co/Mvg6EGkKCz pic.twitter.com/lZUKHyvs9P
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) May 18, 2016
Another bomb threat took place around finals time at Harvard back in 2013, but fortunately, it was just a hoax, likely that of a student attempting to get out of a final.
@thecrimson Fire trucks congregate near evacuated buildings at Harvard Business School following a bomb threat pic.twitter.com/x8XHkcp2K9
— Mia Karr (@miackarr) May 18, 2016
We’ll continue to update this post as more news becomes available.
[via New York Post]