Reported package explosion at Northeastern University may have been a hoax, sources say
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Law enforcement officials are investigating whether the reported package explosion at Northeastern University on Tuesday was a hoax, sources told CBS News on Wednesday.
Authorities were called to the scene on Tuesday night after receiving a 911 call saying that a package sent to a campus building had exploded when it was opened, the sources said. But the sources added that investigators later identified inconsistencies in the apparent victim's story, including that the victim's hand wound was not consistent with an injury from an explosion, there was no bomb material found, and no packages had been delivered to that building by a third party.
The joint terrorism task force subsequently conducted a court authorized search of the apparent victim's residence, the sources said.
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