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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1- n i1 X# w$ Z& T( U# i
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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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" Q& f. M; p4 W4 l9 _$ @7 t9 }; TThe 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( R# _7 K2 W v* q# M
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EDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.$ m: p2 x8 [* \6 n8 _! T' l
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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.
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, n+ @1 `- n+ z% iPolice evacuated the mall, and a short time later determined the package was merely a DVD player left on a bench outside the SportCheck store., ?: z m& l! ?9 E
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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."7 \( d5 k. X$ T1 ]
8 q3 ?0 n; u- pThe mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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