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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1. @" u' B1 o7 t' }/ o2 N
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$ ?/ Y$ X2 k; J$ lFIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT% G: u! s7 Q* A- k3 u4 O
West Edmonton Mall
; _# Q( z% L9 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
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* V: g4 M/ C7 {6 [6 `! V3 W2 B6 iEDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning." F* e; Q3 g( f" D! V' F
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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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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.
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: \% W$ z/ e" u- \"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."' g% }4 M$ Z" J1 e- N, M2 E3 |$ N1 e
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The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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