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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1
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West Edmonton Mall
) z: s# P1 }$ [# mThe 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- S. ~0 C7 f7 q
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, J5 B/ w' c$ b# K! V9 l; eEDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.) c' m0 n5 T6 ^. |0 E
4 V, R0 R3 p" E8 K$ m7 gThe 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.' J) W6 |5 n8 _ t
5 C7 A) Y; L5 s, B# C( o5 e( q"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." V3 n# r& J6 b( q2 d. ^; }3 N- f
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The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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