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Germany rings in New Year amid fears of terror attacks
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Germany was on high alert as police hunted for up to seven people suspected of plotting a New Year\'s Eve suicide attack in Munich in the name of the Islamic State group. Officials said they were tipped off about an imminent attack in the southern German city shortly before midnight as Europe prepared to ring in the New Year in an atmosphere of unprecedented security.
Munich: Germany was on high alert as police hunted for up to seven people suspected of plotting a New Year's Eve suicide attack in Munich in the name of the Islamic State group. Officials said they were tipped off about an imminent attack in the southern German city shortly before midnight as Europe prepared to ring in the New Year in an atmosphere of unprecedented security.
European capitals have been on high alert since November when Islamic State jihadists slaughtered 130 people in Paris stoking fears they could stage further attacks over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Just over an hour before the celebrations began in Munich, police ordered the evacuation of the city's main rail station and another station in the west of the city after being tipped off about a possible "terror attack".
Police said an investigation was under way, with 550 officers deployed to hunt down the suspects and secure the city, warning that the threat remained "high". Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae said "five to seven" suspects were believed to be involved in planning a "suicide attack" as the festivities got under way. German officials said they were tipped off by a "friendly intelligence service" about the plan, which was to have been executed at around midnight, said Joachim Herrmann, interior minister for the southern state of Bavaria.
Police issued alerts via Twitter in several languages at around 10:40 pm local time, and evacuated Munich's main rail station and another station in the western suburb of Pasing over what they called a possible "terror attack".
Rail services at both stations were immediately suspended and police urged the public to avoid large gatherings. Both stations later reopened at around 3.30 am, but police urged the public to remain vigilant.
Even as Germany remains on tenterhooks, the Muncih police chief said they could not find any suspects and not even sure if they exist or are in the country. However, he said they would continue to viligant.
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