STORY: Alarm on Tuesday at Northeastern University in Boston. A package bomb had exploded there. According to reports from local media, a university employee was injured in the explosion. He was trying to open the package when the contents detonated, they said. His injuries are not said to be life-threatening. The police were on site with a bomb disposal squad. Also responders from the Boston Fire Department and paramedics. The campus area has been cordoned off. There was initially no information about the possible background to the explosion.