Update: Police give all clear, Alumni Mall opens to traffic

Friday, August, 10, 2012; 12:33 PM | 5 | | Print

The owner of the suitcase shows the police its contents.

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Police determined that the "suspicious package" on Alumni Mall was harmless, and the area is now open for traffic. 

The Virginia Tech Police were notified earlier on Friday about a suitcase that had been left by the Squires Eastbound bus stop. 

A bomb-sniffing dog did not find anything threatening, but the State Police were brought in to x-ray it and determine conclusively, according to Kevin Foust, deputy chief of police and assistant director of security. 

Investigators could not determine something in the x-ray, but the owner was "very cooperative" in working with the police, Foust said.

She opened the suitcase, and after that, the police concluded that it was not a threat. 

Shortly before 2 p.m., police opened Alumni Mall for vehicular and pedestrian traffic. 

A version of this article appeared in the Aug 11 issue of the Collegiate Times.

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they need to put up signs about not leaving unattended suitcases/packages in that area.

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