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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1! O" `5 z }% q
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FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT2 b! m3 U- s+ D6 P4 [
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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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) l5 V9 `' }1 n( M4 f% dEDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.+ Q) h# J. R% o' h
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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.- ~* Q w$ ~4 U. x
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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.) V( M+ @# J3 G# h. y9 Q9 i/ |/ T
# X, x+ i' W7 [8 Y$ x3 \+ z# {% l9 b"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."+ I' b6 k0 T8 x6 u! U. ?7 g
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The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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