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UPDATE: Riverbend given ‘all clear’ after bomb squad investigates suspicious package

Emergency responders and police officers respond to a situation at Riverbend.
Emergency responders and police officers respond to a situation at Riverbend. Emergency responders and police officers respond to a situation at Riverbend.
photo An emergency responder inspected a suspicious package at Riverbend June 16, 2017.

UPDATE at 8:42 p.m.: Riverbend was given the “all clear” from local law enforcement after a suspicious package halted entrance to the festival and led to the evacuation of some attendees to nearby businesses.

Responders inspected the package and determined it presented no danger, according to a tweet from the Chattanooga Police Department.

The festival has reopened.

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Riverbend attendees were evacuated from the festival to nearby businesses.