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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1" R! t$ _: k) `: S9 c! s5 k$ ?& z
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FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT- t; b+ P7 ?; b( g
West Edmonton Mall
5 k+ |' d' z# s/ x3 Y5 y9 }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 Agency0 U+ r! [; L3 E1 O6 \
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EDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.6 S0 V4 _* m+ n9 y7 i4 k
8 L) J! `/ K8 {+ ?5 z$ TThe 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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% n2 ^6 A: t: G% G3 t' e% GPolice evacuated the mall, and a short time later determined the package was merely a DVD player left on a bench outside the SportCheck store.7 Q# i% F3 R5 n* v% v A, O2 O
1 p6 g/ V0 j4 P- |: @& r+ X"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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The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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