This morning the entrance to the shopping center 28 Mall located near the metro station 28 May in the city center was closed for an hour.
Alarms sounded inside the mall and people inside were evacuated and gathered behind the building. At the same time, security forces were not seen around the building.
As for the causes of the incident, the administration of the mall explained this was training, but did not specify the kind of training. In turn, the staff that gathered outside the center confirmed to reporters that these were "training exercises." It taught fire safety, when the inhabitants of a building are urgently evacuated.
An hour later, the center resumed normal activity. -16D06-
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