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| Paris attacks: Germany on alert after 'concrete' threat to attack Hanover stadium – as it happened | Paris attacks: Germany on alert after 'concrete' threat to attack Hanover stadium – as it happened |
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| 12.02am GMT | 12.02am GMT |
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| This live blog is closing now; live coverage continues in our fresh blog here: | This live blog is closing now; live coverage continues in our fresh blog here: |
| 11.45pm GMT | 11.45pm GMT |
| 23:45 | 23:45 |
| Latest summary | Latest summary |
| Hanover | Hanover |
| Paris | Paris |
| ‘Safe houses’ and vehicles investigated in Paris Attacks | ‘Safe houses’ and vehicles investigated in Paris Attacks |
| Suspects tracked and arrests made in connection with Paris attacks | Suspects tracked and arrests made in connection with Paris attacks |
| France calls for EU help following Paris attacks | France calls for EU help following Paris attacks |
| Victims remembered | Victims remembered |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.45pm GMT | at 11.45pm GMT |
| 11.30pm GMT | 11.30pm GMT |
| 23:30 | 23:30 |
| Phone found with 'let's go' message – reports | Phone found with 'let's go' message – reports |
| Claire Phipps | Claire Phipps |
| Reuters reports: | Reuters reports: |
| A cell phone has been found near the site of one of Friday’s Paris shootings with a map of the music venue that was attacked and a text message on it saying words to the effect of “let’s go”, a source with knowledge of the investigations said. | A cell phone has been found near the site of one of Friday’s Paris shootings with a map of the music venue that was attacked and a text message on it saying words to the effect of “let’s go”, a source with knowledge of the investigations said. |
| Confirming reports on French web site Mediapart and US television channel CNN, the source said the phone was found in a dustbin near the Bataclan concert hall where the bloodiest of the shootings took place. | Confirming reports on French web site Mediapart and US television channel CNN, the source said the phone was found in a dustbin near the Bataclan concert hall where the bloodiest of the shootings took place. |
| CNN reports that the message was found on an encrypted app on the phone. | CNN reports that the message was found on an encrypted app on the phone. |
| The Guardian has not yet been able to verify the reports independently. | The Guardian has not yet been able to verify the reports independently. |
| 10.42pm GMT | 10.42pm GMT |
| 22:42 | 22:42 |
| According to local reports, a bomb disposal squad has removed the suspicious package from the central train station in Hanover: | According to local reports, a bomb disposal squad has removed the suspicious package from the central train station in Hanover: |
| BREAKING: German bomb disposal team have removed a suspicious package from a train in Hanover. #GERNED | BREAKING: German bomb disposal team have removed a suspicious package from a train in Hanover. #GERNED |
| 10.05pm GMT | 10.05pm GMT |
| 22:05 | 22:05 |
| France’s health minister, Marisol Touraine, announced on Tuesday that all medical care will be free for the victims of last week’s terrorist attacks. | France’s health minister, Marisol Touraine, announced on Tuesday that all medical care will be free for the victims of last week’s terrorist attacks. |
| (Her statement below in French) | (Her statement below in French) |
| [CP @MarisolTouraine] Gratuité des soins immédiate pour les victimes d'actes terroristes >> https://t.co/9ZEgpGgrFb pic.twitter.com/nSP1ond5pQ | [CP @MarisolTouraine] Gratuité des soins immédiate pour les victimes d'actes terroristes >> https://t.co/9ZEgpGgrFb pic.twitter.com/nSP1ond5pQ |
| 9.54pm GMT | 9.54pm GMT |
| 21:54 | 21:54 |
| The identities of about a dozen people killed in the Paris attacks are still unknown. We have been putting together profiles of those who died on Friday night: | The identities of about a dozen people killed in the Paris attacks are still unknown. We have been putting together profiles of those who died on Friday night: |
| You can leave your vigil photos, tributes and reactions here: | You can leave your vigil photos, tributes and reactions here: |
| 9.34pm GMT | 9.34pm GMT |
| 21:34 | 21:34 |
| Back to Paris, and police sources have told Agence France-Presse that a ninth attacker was involved in the Paris attacks: | Back to Paris, and police sources have told Agence France-Presse that a ninth attacker was involved in the Paris attacks: |
| #BREAKING Video confirms existence of ninth attacker in Paris: police sources | #BREAKING Video confirms existence of ninth attacker in Paris: police sources |
| The Guardian has not confirmed these reports. | The Guardian has not confirmed these reports. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.34pm GMT | at 9.34pm GMT |
| 9.30pm GMT | 9.30pm GMT |
| 21:30 | 21:30 |
| Here’s a video of the Marseillaise being sung at Wembley earlier tonight: | Here’s a video of the Marseillaise being sung at Wembley earlier tonight: |
| 9.17pm GMT | 9.17pm GMT |
| 21:17 | 21:17 |
| What we know about the Hanover 'explosion' threat | What we know about the Hanover 'explosion' threat |
| Germany’s Interior Minister De Maizière has just given a press conference with Boris Pistorius, the interior minister of Lower Saxony. Here’s what we’ve learned: | Germany’s Interior Minister De Maizière has just given a press conference with Boris Pistorius, the interior minister of Lower Saxony. Here’s what we’ve learned: |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.28pm GMT | at 9.28pm GMT |
| 8.55pm GMT | 8.55pm GMT |
| 20:55 | 20:55 |
| De Maizière said that the information came from a foreign source. The central train station is partially closed off, as are some public transport stops. | De Maizière said that the information came from a foreign source. The central train station is partially closed off, as are some public transport stops. |
| He also said German chancellor Angela Merkel, who was due to attend the match, flew back home to Berlin after being alerted of the threat. | He also said German chancellor Angela Merkel, who was due to attend the match, flew back home to Berlin after being alerted of the threat. |
| The press conference is now over. | The press conference is now over. |
| (via Philip Olterman) | (via Philip Olterman) |
| 8.42pm GMT | 8.42pm GMT |
| 20:42 | 20:42 |
| Philip Oltermann | Philip Oltermann |
| The interior minister for Lower Saxony, Boris Pistorius, said that no arrests had been made so far, and said he could not confirm a report in a local newspaper that explosives had been found in an ambulance outside the stadium. | The interior minister for Lower Saxony, Boris Pistorius, said that no arrests had been made so far, and said he could not confirm a report in a local newspaper that explosives had been found in an ambulance outside the stadium. |
| 8.41pm GMT | 8.41pm GMT |
| 20:41 | 20:41 |
| “It was an extremely tough decision to cancel the match which was made after many pieces of information indicated a concrete threat”, de Maizière said. | “It was an extremely tough decision to cancel the match which was made after many pieces of information indicated a concrete threat”, de Maizière said. |
| 8.39pm GMT | 8.39pm GMT |
| 20:39 | 20:39 |
| Philip Oltermann | Philip Oltermann |
| At a press conference in Hanover, German interior minister Thomas de Maizière said that the decision to call off the match had been made after “an increase in tip-offs in the early evening”, but refused to comment further on the source and extent of the threat, writes my colleague Philip Oltermann. | At a press conference in Hanover, German interior minister Thomas de Maizière said that the decision to call off the match had been made after “an increase in tip-offs in the early evening”, but refused to comment further on the source and extent of the threat, writes my colleague Philip Oltermann. |
| According to German news agency DPA, the information about a planned Islamist attack had come from a foreign intelligence service. | According to German news agency DPA, the information about a planned Islamist attack had come from a foreign intelligence service. |
| 8.25pm GMT | 8.25pm GMT |
| 20:25 | 20:25 |
| Thomas de Maizière’s press conference is now starting. | Thomas de Maizière’s press conference is now starting. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.28pm GMT | at 8.28pm GMT |
| 8.21pm GMT | 8.21pm GMT |
| 20:21 | 20:21 |
| Police have now closed off a section of the Hauptbahnhof’s Central Station in Hanover: | Police have now closed off a section of the Hauptbahnhof’s Central Station in Hanover: |
| BREAKING: Police in Hanover have closed a section of the city's central train station as another object has been discovered." #GERNED | BREAKING: Police in Hanover have closed a section of the city's central train station as another object has been discovered." #GERNED |