An explosion at Yonsei University in Seoul has sparked suspicions of a terrorist attack.
An explosion at South Korea's Yonsei University, situated in central Seoul, left everyone in shock on Tuesday, leaving a faculty member injured, who opened the package containing the explosive in his office, said police and fire officials.
The blast prompted authorities to send a military bomb squad and a police special operations unit to the scene, on the possibility it was a terror attack.
"It was a crudely made device that created an explosion that wasn't big", said the official, who didn't want to be named, citing office rules.
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The professor is being treated at Yonsei University Severance Hospital after suffering light injuries.
The official says the professor found the bottle inside a shopping bag that was hung on the door of his office, but police have yet to find the sender.
Yonhap news agency said the blast sent small bolt nails flying from the package.
A team of some 70 police officers from a bomb squad and crime lab are working at the scene to find out the exact cause of the incident and analyze the explosive device, the police said.
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