A bomb threat evacuated Cambridge Centre mall for one and a half hours Thursday morning.

Waterloo Regional Police said on Thursday, at approximately 9 a.m., mall staff told police they had received an online report of a bomb at the mall.

Six squad cars were parked out front of the mall’s main doors and officers were seen making a sweep outside as employees from the mall’s various stores stood in the parking lot and along the walls of the building.

Before 10 a.m., store managers received a text stating, “Cambridge Centre Emergency. We are experiencing an active threat. Proceed to a secure location and await further instructions.”

Waterloo Regional Police officers stand outside the Cambridge Centre mall after doing an outside sweep following reports of an online bomb threat. The mall was

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