A friendly soccer match that was scheduled to be played between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled on Tuesday due to a security threat in the city of Hannover.
The BBC reports that the stadium was evacuated less than two hours before kickoff after police became aware of a “concrete security threat.” Volker Kluwe, Hannover’s head of police, told the BBC that “there were plans for some kind of explosion.” Reports on Twitter indicated that an ambulance was found with explosive devices inside.
BREAKING NEWS: Germany/Holland game abandoned when police found truck bomb disguised as ambulance outside stadium.
(via @Kreiszeitung )
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 17, 2015
BREAKING: Hanover chief of police: "There was a device intended to be detonated inside the stadium." #GERNED
— DW Sports (@dw_sports) November 17, 2015
There was also a report about another explosive device being found at a train station in the same city.
BREAKING: Police in Hanover have closed a section of the city's central train station as another object has been discovered." #GERNED
— DW Sports (@dw_sports) November 17, 2015
A friendly match between England and France is still scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium Tuesday night.
UPDATE: German officials later clarified that no explosives were found.
Pistorius: "Contrary to reports, no explosives have been found." #GERNED
— DW Sports (@dw_sports) November 17, 2015
Photo via Amichai Stein/Twitter
