Hannover Stadium Evacuated After Bomb Threat, No Explosives Found

The game was canceled about one-and-a-half hours before it started. ‘We took them seriously and that is why we took the measures’.

German media outlets Der Spiegel and Bild Zeitung reported the tips came from France’s intelligence agency.

His Interior Minister Boris Pistorius said indications of a security threat had hardened up over the course of Tuesday.

Germany’s top security official said the decision to cancel the soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands was made after authorities received mounting information during the course of the day about a possible attack.

“My impression is that football in Germany has taken a different turn in every facet as of today”.

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Germany Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs spokesman Zekeriya Altug, Paris the only terrorist events in Europe and Germany he also lives desired to be attributed to the Muslims but despite allegedly acting on behalf of Islamic terrorist groups explained the need to know that it was a lie.

The Belleville News-Democrat reports that reporters and fans were barred from entering the stadium after a suspicious suitcase was found at the stadium.

The discovery at the HDI Arena came just before an global friendly between Germany and the Netherlands which was canceled, reports the British Mirror.

He said “we had good reasons, bitter reasons” but added that describing them could “cause concern to the population”, after local police in Hanover earlier said there had been a bomb threat.

More than 40,000 supporters were expected at the match, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The match was due to be played just four days after suicide bombers targeted the Paris soccer stadium where Germany were playing France. “Please go home swiftly but without panic”, the Hannover police said on their Facebook page.

The French anthem was also played ahead of Italy’s game against Romania at Bologna’s Renato Dall’Ara stadium, where a minute’s silence was observed to honour the Paris victims as well as those who perished in a Bucharest nightclub fire that killed 56 people last month.

“The first vice-president of the DFB has a lot of tasks but he is not the official speaker of the police department”, Koch said.

“We will have greater police ranks out all night to show that we are there and that we are ensuring and can ensure people’s safety”.

But the players, coaches and the national football association then chose to go ahead with the Hanover game in a gesture of solidarity with France.