Police say no explosive hazards were located and no property damage or injuries were reported. APD says the device failed to function as it was designed to and bomb squad personnel rendered it safe. The bomb squad was able to locate the device, which was then inspected by bomb technicians.Īuthorities say the item was determined to be an improvised incendiary device that was designed to start a fire. The Albuquerque Police Department’s Bomb Squad was called in to investigate a device located near the portable buildings. According to the APS Police Department, students were not being allowed on campus during that time. (KRQE) – A shelter-in-place at McCollum Elementary School has been lifted Monday morning after reports of a suspicious package on the school’s campus.Īlbuquerque Public Schools announced via Twitter that McCollum Elementary School’s campus was temporarily closed due to a police investigation. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. As Walters put it, what would be really helpful would be more answers.Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. For their part, Northeastern officials acknowledged the heightened anxiety on campus and offered counseling. But they shed no more light on what happened last night. Walters says police and canines came back to the VR lab today and asked her to leave her office, which is a few doors away. SMITH: Though, again, officials have yet to confirm who was the target. But it looks like this time they hated robots more than women. SUZANNA WALTERS: It seemed logical to presume because they love to target us. Walters originally feared her program was the target. The uncertainty leaves many on edge, including Suzanna Walters, director of Northeastern's Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, which is also in Holmes Hall. ![]() SMITH: But meantime, unconfirmed reports are swirling that the package came with a rambling note criticizing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the relationship between virtual reality developers and universities. It's a fluid investigation as we're working to try to gather those facts. ![]() The last official comment came last night, when Boston Police Superintendent Felipe Colon said it was too early to talk about motive or suspects.įELIPE COLON: It's ongoing. Officials have said nothing about how the packages got there, who they were intended for or who sent them. SMITH: The packages were found in Holmes Hall, an academic building connected to Northeastern's Virtual Reality Lab. Like, you have to assume that everything is dangerous. UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT: All of us kind of started freaking out at that point. ![]() SMITH: She was even more rattled after learning a second package was found nearby, even though that was eventually rendered safe by a bomb squad. She asked that her name not be used for fear of becoming a target herself, since the perpetrators are still at large. SMITH: This student took video on her phone as she evacuated. I was just, like, panicking a little bit. An ambulance took him to the hospital as federal, local and university law enforcement officials swarmed the area and evacuated nearby buildings. ![]() TOVIA SMITH, BYLINE: Police say the package exploded as a 45-year-old man who works at Northeastern was opening it. As NPR's Tovia Smith reports, no one's been arrested, and investigators are not commenting on a possible motive. Classes at Northeastern University in Boston are back on a normal schedule today as authorities investigate a package that exploded there Tuesday night and sent one person to the hospital with minor injuries.
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