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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1: @( B) P; v/ Z6 w% z5 X+ |7 W
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FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT
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$ P' c+ q( ] ^; v/ F, j# ]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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, Y! e( n5 e- R t& ]: eEDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning./ {; |# X3 S6 ^! c
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The 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.+ E5 N+ Y' _; z8 I# I0 c8 m
# s1 b Z: d0 oPolice evacuated the mall, and a short time later determined the package was merely a DVD player left on a bench outside the SportCheck store./ p' x. k4 B' ]5 F* h: x
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2 r c) ^, f( R, o3 B7 L+ T) }# uThe mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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