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| Canada Mall evacuated over 'Potential Threat,' Three Arrested |
| 2015-03-05 |
[AnNahar] Three people were juggedMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! Tuesday over a "potential threat" to a mall near Canada's port city of Halifax, which is home to the navy's Atlantic fleet. Halifax Police Constable Pierre Bourdages said a "heavy police presence" was dispatched to the Mic Mac Mall in the Halifax suburb of Dartmouth. The mall itself was closed for the day as the investigation turned to a residential neighborhood a short distance from the complex. Officers raided a small bungalow "in connection with the threats," but a suspect in the case was absent and "no dangerous substances" or firearms were found. A short time later, an apartment in another part of the city was raided and three people were taken into custody "in relation to the incident," Bourdages said. The scare comes after security officials last month warned shoppers in Canada and the United States to be on guard after an al-Qaeda-linked murderous Moslem group posted a video calling for attacks on Western malls. The Shabaab specifically threatened the Mall of America in the U.S. state of Minnesota, Canada's massive West Edmonton Mall, London's famous Oxford Street shopping hub and two malls in La Belle France: Le Forum des Halles and Les Quatre Temps. Also last month, an American woman and a Canadian man were arrested and charged with plotting a Valentine's Day massacre at another mall in Halifax. A third suspect in that case was found dead at his parents' home. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Thank you, frozen al. I am much relieved. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-05 23:19 |
| #2 May have been false alarm. The three were released without charges. |
| Posted by: frozen al 2015-03-05 11:23 |
| #1 Somebody bumped into an especially loud fart cushion at Spencers Gifts, and they had to clear and secure the complex. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-03-05 08:07 |