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Beijing, September 15 (Xinhua) A staff member of the virtual reality center at Northeastern University was injured in an explosion on Tuesday, Beijing time, when he opened the package. A Boston police investigation found that the package also contained a note criticizing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and the concept of meta-universe.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of ▲ Facebook parent company

Two packages from unknown sources were sent to the university, the police said in a press release. The exploded package caused minor injuries to the hand of a 45-year-old man at the scene, and the other package was handled by the Boston police bomb disposal team. No evidence of explosives or detonation system that caused the explosion was found.

It is understood that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, studied at Harvard University in Boston and has no known connection with Northeastern University. Us media reported that the explosive package was delivered specifically to the university's virtual reality centre, which has more than 100 members, and its Facebook page says it is "trying to bridge the gap between the classroom and the virtual environment".

Less than three hours after the incident, Northeastern University said the problem was "under control" and stressed that "we will always maintain a safe campus."

Boston police declined to comment on the nature of the package because of the ongoing investigation. A spokesman for Meta, the parent company of Facebook, didn't respond to a request for comment.

Over the past year, Zuckerberg's company has become more focused on virtual reality projects, including the development of VR social platform Horizon, and he has changed the company's name to Meta. In July this year, Zuckerberg was criticized as "too ugly" for posting a meta-universe selfie.

Meta spends a lot of money on Zuckerberg's security. In April, media reported that the company had spent a record $27 million on CEO security and private jet travel.

"We believe that Mr. Zuckerberg's role puts him in a unique position: he is synonymous with Meta, so negative feelings about the company are directly related to Mr. Zuckerberg and are often transferred to Mr. Zuckerberg," a regulatory document once said.

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