Harvard Student Charged In Campus Bomb Threat

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Harvard student Eldo Kim has been charged in connection to the bomb threats that closed multiple buildings on campus Monday, CBS News Boston reported.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office told CBS that Kim emailed bomb threats to university administrators, campus police and the student-run newspaper, the Harvard Crimson. 

Kim wrote that “shrapnel bombs placed in science center, sever hall, emerson hall, thayer hall, 2/4. guess correctly. be quick for they will go off soon” in the emails.

Kim was supposed to take an exam at 9 a.m. Monday, according to CBS. 

He will appear in court on Wednesday, and could face up to five years in prison, according to CBS.

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