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    Former Northeastern employee arrested and charged with faking a bomb blast on campus

    The suspect staged the explosion, triggering a massive police response and campus evacuation, officials say. Authorities believe a letter he said accompanied the explosives also came from him.
    by Tovia Smith Oct 04, 2022 2 minutes
    A general view of the campus as law enforcement agencies respond after a package was said to be delivered to Holmes Hall at Northeastern University and reported to have exploded, in Boston, Sept. 13, 2022.

    A Texas man has been arrested in connection with what authorities say was a false claim about an explosion at a virtual reality lab at Northeastern University in Boston last month.

    The alleged hoax triggered a massive response from law enforcement, including Boston Police and FBI bomb squads, and it forced the evacuation of a large part of the campus. But authorities say the whole

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