Munich Stations Closed Over Terror Threats

German police secure the main train station in Munich, Germany, January 1, 2016.

Both were subsequently evacuated and closed, and trains redirected.

The suspended train services returned to normal in the early hours of Friday, but the heavy police presence remained across the city.

Train services resumed later and the alert was lifted.

Officials in the southern state of Bavaria said they received the first alert of a possible threat at about 7:40 pm (1840 GMT).

In a separate case, Belgian police arrested tenth suspect over the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris a year ago, which had claimed the lives of 130 people. 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. “It’s a bit weird though that we have a terrorist warning and people are firing off their fireworks”.

“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”. “After evaluating the situation”, Klaus said.

Herrmann asked Munich residents for understanding that police would conduct more ID checks than usual.

Numerous world’s major cities deployed increased security measures ahead of News Year’s celebrations amid mounting fears of terror attacks. All three warnings were reportedly dismissed following what were described as “intensive investigations”.

The Munich alarm followed days of security warnings in Europe.

The interior minister of Bavaria told reporters that the government had received leads pointing to a group of five to seven potential IS sympathizers plotting several coordinated suicide attacks in the Bavarian capital. The stations were both reopened at around 4am.

The Guardian was not able to verify the reports independently. The station did not identify the source of its information.

Although the train stations have been evacuated, the spokeswoman said it could not be ruled out that the attackers could seek another target. “The threat is still there”, he said in a televised address.

On Facebook, Munich police said the precautions were being taken in response to “serious evidence”.

“Security agencies continue to expect a high threat stemming from global terrorism”, he said. “Up to now they have handled them all very calmly and authoritatively”, said Tophoven.

Hubertus Andrae, chief of the Munich police, said Friday that no one had been arrested and that the authorities were unsure if the people whose names they had been given were even in the country. On Friday around noon time, some 100 extra officers were still present in the city.