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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1
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; h7 Q' n8 Y/ nFIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT" ]3 @ e3 j* u. O# j
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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" J; U" ^8 \3 A! t% `! b, c; U
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EDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.
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7 P/ L ?9 F3 {! H k% _, ^. s0 |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., o U" c r1 U) h9 {
% Z# w8 I w8 b+ oPolice evacuated the mall, and a short time later determined the package was merely a DVD player left on a bench outside the SportCheck store.2 K1 {) `9 l) I0 P' d
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"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."0 P4 }8 y# i8 A3 H6 ]7 `
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The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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