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Homemade light saber prompts Seattle bus tunnel security scare

Apr 29, 2013, 5:07 PM | Updated: 5:16 pm

The force was not with bus riders in Seattle Sunday night, after what turned out to be a homemade l...

The force was not with bus riders in Seattle Sunday night, after what turned out to be a homemade light saber forced a security scare that shut down the downtown transit tunnel. (Seattle Police image)

(Seattle Police image)

The force was not with bus riders in Seattle Sunday night, after what turned out to be a homemade light saber forced a security scare that shut down the downtown transit tunnel.

The Seattle Police Department says a security guard came upon what he thought was a suspicious device just before 10 pm. He called the cops, who brought in the Arson/Bomb Squad.

But after taking a closer look, police determined it was a homemade lightsaber made to look like the popular weapon on Star Wars.

Police say the lightsaber was made out of a flashlight, plastic toy, duct tape, battery, and string.

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