Spectators invade the pitch of the Stade de France stadium after the international friendly soccer France against Germany. At least 35 people were killed in shootings and explosions around Paris, many of them in a popular theater where patrons were taken hostage, police and medical officials said Friday. (Photo: AP)
November 16, 2015
Germany match cancelled over explosion threat
HANNOVER, Germany (AFP)— German police have cancelled a Germany-Netherlands football match due Tuesday evening that was meant to honour the Paris attack victims, citing a “serious” bomb threat.
There had been “a concrete threat scenario for all of Hanover,” police chief Volker Kluwe told public broadcaster NDR, adding there had been “serious plans to cause an explosion”.
