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DVD player sparks West Edmonton Mall evacuation 1( }! d1 y% R6 f4 x; U8 L* N
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- n, o- U( J8 ?% g; M& EFIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:49 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 01:57 PM EDT4 o5 R2 W6 \7 S5 @& @, R/ y+ u0 I
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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 Agency3 ]9 U& v0 K% E" A$ Z, i% R' A
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EDMONTON — The West Edmonton Mall has reopened after police investigated a suspicious package Tuesday morning.
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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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7 N/ P! `, a0 `& Y+ BPolice evacuated the mall, and a short time later determined the package was merely a DVD player left on a bench outside the SportCheck store.1 L$ E) k9 \) P/ ?; Q* Y9 ^; I, H
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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.") d! k6 T7 B* t. a) o2 {( B" ]
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The mall fully reopened around 10 a.m. |
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