Suspect package in shopping centre (Australia)

Suspect package in shopping centre (Australia)
Herald Sun ^ | 23rd February 2005

Posted on 02/22/2005 6:54:09 PM PST by naturalman1975

HUNDREDS of people have been evacuated from a shopping centre in Melbourne after the discovery of a suspect package.

A police special operations group is travelling to the Knox City Shopping Centre in Melbourne's outer east, where the package was found just after 10.30 this morning.

A police spokeswoman refused to describe the package, but said it was found on level one of the shopping centre.

She said that section of the shopping centre had been evacuated.

TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; War on Terror
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Bomb scares aren't that uncommon. Evacuations on the scale of this one as a result are fairly unusual.

1 posted on 02/22/2005 6:54:14 PM PST by naturalman1975

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To: Calpernia; Velveeta; Revel

Ping

2 posted on 02/22/2005 9:38:46 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (The enemy within, will be found in the "Communist Manifesto 1963", you are living it today.)

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You just sent me something about targets in Australia, no?

3 posted on 02/22/2005 9:42:06 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)

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Update at: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349129/posts

4 posted on 02/22/2005 10:10:10 PM PST by naturalman1975 (Sure, give peace a chance - but si vis pacem, para bellum.)

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Update to bomb scare - it was an elaborate hoax:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349242/posts

5 posted on 02/23/2005 4:05:04 AM PST by naturalman1975 (Sure, give peace a chance - but si vis pacem, para bellum.)

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To: naturalman1975

Thank you very much for pinging back!

6 posted on 02/23/2005 4:23:58 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)

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Thanks for the ping.

Appears that they will now test Australia with empty
suitcases, as they did here last summer.

7 posted on 02/23/2005 6:43:36 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny (The enemy within, will be found in the "Communist Manifesto 1963", you are living it today.)

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