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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1
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QMI AGENCY
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8 A- n9 c/ Z2 \) dFIRST 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.! w' a1 W; S" m5 x5 E3 y
* ]6 d9 M4 a4 {, a$ D2 l; ?( k; T7 A: wThe 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./ W3 G5 ~' O' a' J
8 a9 ^( j& l' C6 i8 y: p/ ~Police evacuated the mall, and a short time later determined the package was merely a DVD player left on a bench outside the SportCheck store.8 p; ^9 _! @4 O5 a: t* L, E- W* k
* z& V6 @) @7 }2 C; H3 a- w$ m"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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' R6 d% E3 I' m" ~* R# X$ v* ?The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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