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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1
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% V S- S! {6 X5 [! AFIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT
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The exterior of West Edmonton Mall is seen in Edmonton, Alta., on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Somalia-based terror group al Shabaab called for attacks on western shopping malls, including West Edmonton Mall, in a video posted online. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency
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EDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.
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& G/ K% [7 H) A, K% w1 `7 p7 ?6 RThe item, which turned out to be a DVD player, was reported to police just after 8:30 a.m. and officers swooped in to shut down entrances to the shopping centre." ^ A8 Y' H4 B+ r( P9 n5 n# y
9 f# Q; q: M. R1 dPolice evacuated the mall, and a short time later determined the package was merely a DVD player left on a bench outside the SportCheck store.) `+ D5 |$ c& m- }
% G. g4 v8 U2 X* `! a9 ?7 {"I think we made a very measured response and dealt with the safely issues appropriately," said Staff Sgt. Steve Jones. "We just contained an area within the mall."
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The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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