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After Boston Marathon Explosions, the Scene in Harvard Square

By Jessica C. Salley

Call on Brattle - Cambridge Police block off a section of Brattle Street and turn away pedestrians and traffic in front of Burdicks and Gutman Library in response to a bomb threat Monday afternoon. The threat was cleared at 4:40 p.m. By Jessica C. Salley

Harvard Police Bomb Threat - Harvard University Police Department officers scan the sides of the Kennedy School's Belfer Center, shortly after the school ordered a mandatory evacuation. By Jessica C. Salley

Listening In - People gather in Harvard Square to listen to radio announcements in the wake of Monday afternoon's bombings at the Boston Marathon. By Jessica C. Salley

- Ginny C. Fahs '14 and Mark R. Jahnke '13 embrace at a reception held for the Harvard College Marathon Challenge participants in Quincy Junior Common Room on Monday evening. Both runners, who walked back to Harvard's campus, had made it past the 26-mile mark when authorities closed the route due to detonation of two bombs at the finish line. By Jessica C. Salley

Quincy Swing Housing Call - Cambridge police enter Quincy swing housing on Mass. Ave. in response to a 4:15 p.m. call about a suspicious package. The scene was declared safe at 5:09 p.m. By Jessica C. Salley

Suspicious Package - A HUPD police officer carries a "suspicious package" from Quincy swing housing to his vehicle. Police officers were called to the scene Monday afternoon after the package was reported waiting in the foyer of the Mass. Ave. building. This caption has been revised to reflect the following correction: CORRECTION: April 17, 2013 An earlier version of this caption incorrectly identified the officer as a member of the Cambridge Police Department. In fact, he is a Harvard University Police Department officer. By Jessica C. Salley

The Harvard community responds to the explosions at Marathon Monday and the reports of suspicious packages in Cambridge.

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After Boston Marathon Explosions, the Scene in Harvard Square

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