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Northeastern Police informed students about police activity near Curry Student Center around 10:40 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, the department said on Twitter. Students were being told to shelter in place and avoid the area at all costs.
This was in response to an alleged bomb threat that was reported earlier that evening in the area of 346 Huntington Avenue, WHDH reports citing Boston Police. However, Northeastern Police later determined the threat was fake and that were was never any danger to students on campus.
The campus was given an all-clear and the shelter-in-place was lifted around 11:17, the outlet reports. However, students and staff were being asked to avoid the center as Snell Quad, Northeastern Police said.
This is the second potential bomb threat to hit Northeastern's campus after a staff member was injured by an explosive package that was delivered to Holmes Hall earlier this month. A "second similar package" was also found in the surrounding area but was determined to be safe.
The investigation into that incident is being assisted by the FBI Boston Division and is still active. Meanwhile, students are spooked by this second scare and are hoping the university will be more transparent on incidents like these in the future.
“It’s definitely like a coincidence that it’s happened twice so far, which is kind of interesting and I wish Northeastern told us more about what was going on,” said one student told WHDH.
“We honestly find things out with the news so whatever people see on the news, we find out around the same time,” another student told the outlet. “If anything, we don’t get as much information sometimes.”
Northeastern Police believe the incidents are unrelated.
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