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Harvard evacuates 4 buildings after receiving bomb threats

Alex Lockie,ReutersNov 16, 2015, 23:36 IST

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Harvard University said on its website on Monday that it had received an "unconfirmed" bomb threat and was evacuating four buildings on its campus outside Boston.

Three classroom buildings - The Science Center, Sever and Emerson Halls - and one dormitory, Thayer Hall, were affected, the Ivy League school said on its website.

The threat comes three days after a coordinated attack by gunmen and suicide bombers killed 127 people in Paris.

Harvard University issued the following statement at 12:52 pm EST on Monday:

Harvard updated the statement at 1:16 pm:

This post was updated to include the latest statement from Harvard.

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