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| Harvard University all clear after evacuation | Harvard University all clear after evacuation |
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| Students are returning to Harvard University after part of its campus was cleared amid a report of explosives. | Students are returning to Harvard University after part of its campus was cleared amid a report of explosives. |
| Students were told evacuate a dorm, two classroom buildings and science centre at 09:00 (14:00 GMT) at the elite college in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | |
| All have now been reopened after the university said no explosives had been found. | All have now been reopened after the university said no explosives had been found. |
| Final exams, which had been under way at the elite college, were cancelled in the affected buildings. | Final exams, which had been under way at the elite college, were cancelled in the affected buildings. |
| Harvard said earlier in a statement: "The Harvard University Police Department this morning received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed in four buildings on campus: the Science Center, Thayer, Sever and Emerson Halls." | Harvard said earlier in a statement: "The Harvard University Police Department this morning received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed in four buildings on campus: the Science Center, Thayer, Sever and Emerson Halls." |
| Hoax? | Hoax? |
| The campus was cleared "out of an abundance of caution", added Monday's statement. | The campus was cleared "out of an abundance of caution", added Monday's statement. |
| Two law enforcement sources told CNN they believed the report of explosives to be a hoax. | Two law enforcement sources told CNN they believed the report of explosives to be a hoax. |
| It is the latest security threat to a US school in recent months. | It is the latest security threat to a US school in recent months. |
| In November, another Ivy League institution, Yale University in Connecticut, was locked down for nearly six hours following a report of an armed man, which was later found to be a hoax. | In November, another Ivy League institution, Yale University in Connecticut, was locked down for nearly six hours following a report of an armed man, which was later found to be a hoax. |
| In February, a gunman was reported on the campus of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That alarm, too, later proved false. | In February, a gunman was reported on the campus of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That alarm, too, later proved false. |
| Amid the ongoing threat of mass shootings at US schools, such alerts are an almost daily occurrence, though most turn out to be nothing. | Amid the ongoing threat of mass shootings at US schools, such alerts are an almost daily occurrence, though most turn out to be nothing. |
| A BBC investigation found that, just in the month between 9 November and 9 December, US schools or college campuses were placed on "lockdown" on at least 130 occasions. | A BBC investigation found that, just in the month between 9 November and 9 December, US schools or college campuses were placed on "lockdown" on at least 130 occasions. |