One of the three victims killed by the blasts at the Boston Marathon has been identified as a Boston University graduate student, campus officials said Tuesday.
The student’s name has not been released, pending permission from the family.
According to a campus press release, “the student was one of three friends who watched the race near the finish line. Another of the three students, also a BU grad student, was injured and is in stable condition at Boston Medical Center.”
The campus news release went on to say:
In a letter sent to the Boston University community Tuesday afternoon announcing the student’s death, President Robert A. Brown wrote that “our hearts and thoughts go out to the family and friends of both victims.”
Rev. Robert Hill, dean of Marsh Chapel, visited the injured student Monday evening and again yesterday afternoon. He reports that she underwent surgery on Monday and on Tuesday. “She is doing well,” says Hill. “She has her friends around her, and she will soon have family around her.”
The third BU student was unharmed.
The explosions, detonated seconds apart at about 3 p.m. near the finish line on Boylston Street, killed 3 people and injured more than 170. The Boston Globe identified two of the deceased as 8-year-old Martin Richard of Dorchester, Mass., and 29-year-old Krystle Campbell of Arlington, Mass.
Click here to Like The College Fix on Facebook.
Please join the conversation about our stories on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, MeWe, Rumble, Gab, Minds and Gettr.