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Police evacuate two Munich train stations, citing threat of militant attack
Although the train stations have been evacuated, the spokeswoman said it could not be ruled out that the attackers could seek another target.
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The warning came about an hour before the city rang in the new year.
Police in Munich did not immediately answer their phones. “Please avoid gatherings of people and the Munich and Pasing train stations”, police said in a tweet.
Munich police tightened security across the southern state of Bavaria, which was the entry point from Austria for virtually all of the just over one million asylum seekers who arrived in Germany past year.
“I believe this decision was right because I think we can not take unnecessary risks when we are dealing with such concrete threats, concrete locations, and a concrete time”, he said.
“Due to serious and current information, Munich Police warn of a terrorist attack int he area of Munich”, police headquarters said in a statement, according to BNO News. Trains are no longer running.
No details of the threat were provided, but police told NBC News separately that the main Munich Hauptbahnhof and Pasing train stations were evacuated, NBC News reported.
Police spokesman Werner Kraus told the APthat “we have serious information and different tips about an imminent attack”.
“Actual lead that in #Munich a terror attack is planned. Please note the instructions of the police”.
As the world looks back on a year of heightened concerns about terror attacks, law enforcement officials worldwide are warning people to be cautious.
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A few days after the Paris attack, a soccer stadium in Hannover in central Germany was evacuated after a terror threat against a match between Germany and the Netherlands.