German police Friday, January 1, lifted an alert of an imminent attack in Munich, hours after two key train stations were evacuated over fears that a New Year suicide bomb assault was being planned.
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Police are conducting a house to house search for the gunman and have cordoned off areas of the city. He said security agencies had bolstered forces in “relevant areas” but gave no further details.
A spokesman for German police told the AFP news agency: “We still have many colleagues deployed”.
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But German investigators, acting on information from “friendly countries” including France, said they have so far failed to substantiate the threat.
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On Facebook, Munich police said the precautions were being taken in response to “serious evidence”. He said they had received personal data for some of the attackers and were still in the process of investigating and verifying the information.
“The Federal Criminal Authority informed Bavarian police… of indications provided by a friendly intelligence service that the IS was planning an attack tonight at midnight at Munich main rail station and/or Pasing station”, interior minister for the southern state of Bavaria Joachim Herrmann said.
Police are looking for “five to seven” suspects.
In Moscow, the fireworks were delayed by five minutes and, for the first time, the police closed Red Square – a traditional place for crowds to gather.
Meanwhile, across Europe, public celebrations went ahead as planned but under the watchful eye of thousands of police and security forces.
Security fears in Europe were heightened two days ago by Belgium’s decision to cancel New Year’s Eve celebrations in Brussels, citing a suspected plot to carry out an attack in the capital.
He added: “It’s a bit weird, though, that we have a terrorist warning and people are firing off their fireworks”.
Following last night’s terror warning for Munich, PEGIDA chairman Lutz Bachmann took to Twitter telling those who had welcomed refugees with applause at Munich’s main station to immediately convene there, leading to widespread outrage and indignation across social media.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said: “The situation in Europe and Germany continues to be serious in the New Year”.
“Actual lead that in #Munich a terror attack is planned”.
The authorities in Brussels called off all official events after three people were detained on Thursday in connection with an alleged New Year’s Eve plot.
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Authorities in the West also are on edge as 2016 arrives, especially in the wake of the Paris attacks in November that killed 130 people, and a deadly 2 December gun attack in San Bernardino, California by a Muslim couple believed to have been inspired by IS ideology.
