Funny scene that occurred at Northeastern University in Boston, a large city in Massachusetts, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. An employee reported being injured by the explosion of a package in the laboratory dedicated to virtual reality on this campus which includes up to 16,000 students. The 45-year-old told investigators that when it was opened, this package looked like “depressurized”creating a small explosion and injuring his hand.
The lab manager told investigators he found a strange note accompanying the plastic case, addressed to the lab manager. This one-page long accuses the lab of secretly working for Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg. It mentions the existence of a plot by the US government to take control of the company through virtual reality, according to the sources contacted by CNN.
Authorities attended, but Boston police and FBI sappers found no evidence of explosives or an initiating device capable of causing a detonation. To the point of questioning the statements of the injured employee. According to federal officials quoted by AP, the man may have lied to investigators and staged the incident, as the latter identified inconsistencies in his statement. They also believe that his injuries do not correspond to injuries usually caused by an explosion.
On-site searches also made it possible to neutralize a second suspicious package. While waiting for the investigation to deliver its final conclusions, the Northeastern campus has tightened its security and reopened on Wednesday afternoon.