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CaseyJones
12-16-2013, 12:36 PM
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304403804579262132386475134


Harvard University students were allowed to return to two buildings Monday afternoon after an earlier report of bombs on campus forced the evacuation of four buildings, the school said.

Students were allowed back into Thayer Hall, a dorm, and classrooms in Emerson Hall. The other two buildings, the Science Center and Sever Hall, were still being checked, officials said.

After receiving the bomb report in the morning, the Harvard University Police Department ordered students and others to evacuate. Access to Harvard Yard was restricted.

"Harvard's focus is on the safety of our students, faculty and staff," the university, based in Cambridge, Mass., said.

Harvard requested that the Massachusetts State Police send its bomb squad and bomb dogs, said Trooper Dustin Fitch. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was also responding to the incident, officials said.