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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 17 _9 ^* k2 J' H3 n1 B
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FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT" C8 U0 H( W: y9 c" K
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The 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$ k/ N. M* h6 V! q; O
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1 p& m! {4 _ ]( w# p( k* B4 YEDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.& F7 _8 e, X. E4 i: Y& Y
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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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, Z: S r7 d9 K; UPolice 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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% |' ~- @% e1 t7 o- P3 e"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."/ t$ \8 H: c7 y- g/ x3 Z
+ r- q" C7 n1 [' {The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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