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Unattended bag left at O’Hare Airport terminal deemed non-hazardous

By  Nader Issa
   
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O’Hare International Airport, shown in 2015.

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Authorities investigated an unattended bag left at an international terminal Friday evening at O’Hare International Airport.

The Chicago Police and Fire Departments responded to the airport about 8 p.m. and found the bag hanging from a pole outside near a gate entrance, police said.

CPD’s Bomb and Arson unit eventually deemed the bag to be non-hazardous, police said.

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