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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 15 _* A( R) r" w% c2 J) H
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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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4 t) z4 y& K& O+ [- q8 a% cThe 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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$ s$ Z# F" T7 o7 V% h7 REDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.2 W2 W% \, b$ x# [7 l$ B
7 H+ s$ _* A/ `; @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.' c1 \- c. ]' {$ y
, I% n) s4 u9 ]; dPolice 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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' e- b2 j- H* Y1 ?4 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."
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: ~0 T% n" l, c/ Y6 h- N' ^! ?The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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