![]() “We’re monitoring the situation at Northeastern and we’re ready to work with the university and our law enforcement partners on any prosecutions that may develop,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said, promising “a comprehensive investigation to determine exactly what occurred here.” Boston police didn’t say whether any other suspicious packages were found. Michael Davis, chief of Northeastern’s police force, told reporters the campus was secure. Beaudet told the station his class was moved outside but that neither he nor his students heard an explosion. WCVB-TV said one of its reporters, Mike Beaudet, was teaching a class there at the time. Northeastern is a private university in downtown Boston with about 16,000 undergraduate students. Police converged on the campus shortly before 7:30 p.m., and the university asked students who had gathered for an evening journalism class at the hall to evacuate the building. Felipe Colon, a Boston police superintendent, later described the victim as a 45-year-old man. It said the FBI was assisting the investigation.Īuthorities declined to elaborate, but Northeastern spokesperson Shannon Nargi said in a statement that an unidentified university staff member suffered minor injuries to his hand in the explosion. NBC Boston reported that the package that exploded went off as it was being opened near the university’s Holmes Hall, which is home to the university’s creative writing program and its women’s, gender and sexuality studies program. Boston’s bomb squad neutralized a second package near the city’s Museum of Fine Arts, which is on the outskirts of the Northeastern campus. The parcel that blew up was one of two that were reported to police early in the evening. He said passengers could stay on board or leave the plane - to go to the bathroom, stretch their legs and get food - but that they couldn’t get beyond security in the terminal.Authorities said another suspicious package was found near a prominent art museum and the FBI was assisting with the investigation. Teresa Greene of Jupiter Farms had just landed aboard her Delta Airlines flight from Asheville, N.C., when its captain came out to say what was happening on the first floor of the airport. Passengers coped with the delays, some with patience and others with frustration. “They felt there was a threat and they acted accordingly,” spokeswoman Teri Barbera said. ![]() ![]() Congestion along Florida Mango Road just north of PBIA was so bad at one point that a driver got out of his car and began directing traffic himself.Ī Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokesman would not discuss what prompted officials to close the airport, other than to say that officials felt there was enough of a concern to do do. Terminal-based employees of the airlines serving PBIA were ordered outside during the evacuation.Ĭars were not allowed into the airport during the shutdown, a move that backed up traffic along perimeter roads such as Belvedere Road, Congress Avenue, Australian Avenue and Southern Boulevard, and also on southbound Interstate 95 near Belvedere and Southern. Inbound flights were allowed to land but kept on the tarmac, the sheriff’s office said. ![]() Some outbound flights from the airport were delayed because passengers could not get to them. ![]()
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