Munich authorities evacuate two train stations on New Year’s Eve after

In a statement posted on Facebook, police said that according to “serious information, there could be an attack tonight”.

Just shortly before the city rang in the new year, Munich police had evacuated the main train station and a station in the Pasing neighborhood.

Another country’s intelligence agency reported the plot and the IS connection to German federal police, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told journalists.

Following the alert, which was issued at 10:30pm, rail services at both stations were suspended and police urged the public to avoid large gatherings.

“Due to serious evidence, the Police in Munich is dealing with an active threat of a terror attack in the Munich area”, police said in German.

Cities across Europe have been on edge since the terror attack in Paris in November which killed 130 people.

On Dec. 26, police in the Austrian capital Vienna said a “friendly” intelligence service had warned European capitals of the possibility of a shooting or bomb attack before New Year, and that police across the continent had stepped up security measures. Prosecutors said they were holding the other three for a further 24 hours.

Regional public television Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) reported that the intelligence concerning possible Daesh attacks in Munich first came from USA authorities on Thursday night and soon after French intelligence service conveyed similar information to their German counterparts.

Munich officials are warning citizens of a an “imminent threat” for New Years.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere thanked all involved authorities for their “thoughtful, considerate and decisive” action in Munich on New Year’s Eve.

No explosives were subsequently found, and no arrests made after the Germany-Netherlands friendly in Hanover – which was to be attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel – was cancelled and thousands of fans evacuated.

Munich police tightened security across the southern state of Bavaria, which was the entry point from Austria for virtually all one million asylum seekers who arrived in Germany in 2015.