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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 10 f. M$ S# _8 s+ n* a: B. r" U" x
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/ y+ W- V, Q& o, l6 t% i9 jFIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT$ ]4 I" u4 n: K/ i, D7 ]% _
West Edmonton Mall
! j o* q9 Z& B3 v) m. YThe 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, t# I/ \' [; [8 l. g
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# Q4 g1 t( [: fEDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.8 H3 C4 _) Y, n* C Y! D3 n
1 N. ^- O j. o/ 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.( [( `+ q+ f) s ?, h
, ~) n: P9 I! N7 E7 M' FPolice evacuated the mall, and a short time later determined the package was merely a DVD player left on a bench outside the SportCheck store.
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' I- n; f' s2 |* o2 V"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."- Q+ F: Y& ^" ~5 {5 [
8 R/ \ l( _$ q/ E/ aThe mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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