Thousands evacuated from NY mall in bomb scare
Posted on: Wednesday, 20 July 2005, 21:22 CDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of people were evacuated from one of the largest malls in the United States on Wednesday in a bomb scare that shut the suburban New York shopping plaza for 3-1/2 hours, police said.
The evacuation followed the discovery of a package that looked like a bomb in a third-floor men's room in the Palisades Center mall in West Nyack, New York, 30 miles northwest of New York City.
The device, which turned out not to be an explosive, was destroyed in a controlled detonation, said Clarkstown police spokesman Lt. Anthony Ovchinnikoff.
Police from several nearby towns assisted by state police and the Rockland County Sheriff's Department joined in the operation along with local fire departments, emergency services and police helicopters, which circled overhead the sprawling shopping center.
A bomb squad from Bergen County, New Jersey, was called in to help along with New Jersey state police.
The mall reopened for business about 7 p.m. (2300 GMT).
Police had no suspects in the investigation, the Clarkstown police spokesman said.
Source: REUTERS
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