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| Munich police warn of imminent terror threat | Munich police warn of imminent terror threat |
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| Police in the German city of Munich have warned of a planned terror attack and have asked people to avoid crowds. | Police in the German city of Munich have warned of a planned terror attack and have asked people to avoid crowds. |
| The police tweeted that the city's main station and Pasing station had been evacuated and said trains were no longer stopping there. | The police tweeted that the city's main station and Pasing station had been evacuated and said trains were no longer stopping there. |
| In a Facebook post, authorities said they had "serious information" that the attack had been planned for New Year's Eve. They gave no further details. | In a Facebook post, authorities said they had "serious information" that the attack had been planned for New Year's Eve. They gave no further details. |
| Cities across Europe are already on a heightened state of alert. | Cities across Europe are already on a heightened state of alert. |
| "Current indications show that a terror attack is being planned in Munich. Please avoid gatherings of people and the Munich and Pasing train stations," police said in the tweet. | "Current indications show that a terror attack is being planned in Munich. Please avoid gatherings of people and the Munich and Pasing train stations," police said in the tweet. |
| Munich newspaper TZ reported that police believed several groups of attackers could strike at different locations in the city. | |
| Police said they had two pieces of information about a possible attack, German media reported. | |
| "We have concrete information that we cannot sweep under the carpet," Bild newspaper quoted a police spokesperson as saying. | |
| Local media reports say the information had come from French authorities. | Local media reports say the information had come from French authorities. |
| Armed police have cordoned off the main station and asked people nearby to leave the area, TZ reported. | |
| The newspaper quoted a spokesperson as saying the situation was "comparable to that in Hannover" in November, when a football match between Germany and the Netherlands was called off after what Hannover police called a "concrete security threat". | |
| "We want to minimise the risk as much as possible," the spokesperson told the newspaper. |