“No one has seen or heard these suspected terrorists but the French don’t just dream these things up”, he said, referring to a tip that came from French foreign intelligence. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images) MUNICH, GERMANY – JANUARY 01: Riot police armed with machine guns controls the street in front of Pasing railway station on January 1, 2016 in Munich, Germany.
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The two stations, in the city center and in the Pasing district in the western part of Munich, have reopened as the authorities continued to investigate. He said that the police was still examining those hints of alleged suspects, and it was still not known whether there were so-called five to seven suspects from Syria and Iraq. If we knew this we would be a clear step further.
He said German authorities were tipped off by a “friendly intelligence service” – thought to be France – about an apparent attack, which would have been carried out around midnight.
Police, including some in riot gear, were stationed overnight at the entrances to the station.
However, Herrmann warned that the overall threat across Europe remained high after the attacks in Paris in November that killed 130 people.
The Munich’s police headquarters authorities had received information that the terror group Islamic State was behind the threat.
About 550 officers have been deployed to secure the city and no arrests had yet been made, he said.
Although the train stations have been evacuated, the spokeswoman said it could not be ruled out that the attackers could seek another target. The Associated Press spoke with Munich police spokesman Werner Klaus who said they took into account where they got the information and decided it must be acted upon.
German broadcaster ARD quoted a Munich police spokesperson saying they had two pieces of information about a possible attack. Friday noon, some 100 extra officers were still present in the city.
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Two train stations in Munich were evacuated shortly after it rang in the New Year when a call was received with a terror warning about ISIS and possible bomb attacks.
The newspaper reported the plot involved plans for suicide bombers to detonate explosives at the stations, with others waiting to detonate secondary devices when emergency services arrived at the scene. Andrae would not confirm reports that the intelligence that sparked the alert came from US and French intelligence.
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On their Twitter feed, Munich police said: ‘Good morning to those, who spent the night out in #munich! “Thanks for staying calm and for your understanding concerning our measures”, the latest message in English said.
