Bomb unit removes airsoft 'grenade' from building behind Portage Place
CBC News | Posted: March 29, 2016 3:34 PM | Last Updated: March 29, 2016
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Caption: Members of the Winnipeg Police Service bomb unit entered a building behind Portage Place today and removed what they described as an airsoft "grenade."
Members of the Winnipeg Police Service bomb unit entered a building behind Portage Place today and removed what they described as an airsoft "grenade."
Police were called to a property on Webb Place at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday and evacuated part of the building. Members of the bomb unit arrived at 12:15 p.m. and located and removed the device, which they said can cause minor injuries.
Alice McKay, who lives in the building, said her landlord told her about what she believed was a fake grenade found lying on the floor of a ninth-storey hall.
Webb and Vaughan Street were closed but have since been reopened.
Image | Webb Place police presence, suspicious package
Caption: Police and fire crews were called to a property on Webb Place Tuesday after reports of a suspicious package. (Trevor Brine/CBC)
Image | Webb Place
Caption: Alice McKay says her landlord showed her this object on the ninth floor of her building on Webb Place. (Alice McKay)
Image | Fire crews enter Webb Place building, downtown Winnipeg
Caption: Fire crews enter a building on Webb Place with hoses and supplies at about 10:30 a.m. (Trevor Brine/CBC)
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