By Katherine Landergan, Town Correspondent
One of the people killed in Monday's Boston Marathon explosion was a Boston University graduate student, the university said this afternoon.
Colin Riley, a BU spokesman, declined to release the student's name, pending discussion with the family.
According to BU Today news site, the student was one of three friends who had been watching the Marathon near the race finish line. One of the three was injured and is in stable condition at Boston Medical Center, according to the university.
"She is doing well," Robert Hill, dean of Marsh Chapel, who visited the surviving student, is quoted as saying in the BU Today site. "She has her friends around her, and she will soon have family around her."
The third BU student was unharmed.
Earlier today, the Chinese consulate reported that at least two Chinese students were among those injured in Monday's bombings, including a student from Boston University who was "badly hurt."
The Chinese consulate in New York identified that student as BU student Zhou Danling. Chinese media said Zhou is a graduate of Wuhan University in central China, and is a student at BU in actuarial science.
"She cannot talk now but can communicate with pen and paper," the consulate said in an e-mailed statement.
The consulate said another Chinese student, identifed by the consultate as Ms. Lv Lingzi, is still missing. No further information is available.
"We are following the case closely and are trying to reach our colleagues in Boston. I believe they will release further information on site if anything comes up," the consulate said, adding "Our hearts goes out to all the families who had been affected."
They are among several students injured Monday. Three Tufts University students, seven Emerson College students, three Northeastern University students, two Boston College students, and one Berklee College of Music student were among those injured, according to the schools.
Katherine Landergan can be reached at klandergan@globe.com. For campus news updates, follow her on Twitter @klandergan.
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