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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1
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" F! x! `7 ]# [FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT
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5 s, J4 P3 k/ V; oThe 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' ]* Q( G {$ r9 h4 X
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EDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning./ g0 f; d q$ S7 |, N, q* o
) t8 ]% Q5 P2 ]+ f) M6 bThe 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.
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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.0 `( e5 Q8 {+ i" K0 U
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"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."" `( ~! r# a) k0 F( M2 q$ o
; A V9 t2 t7 J2 G9 ?( S( S. AThe mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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