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Breaking News PhOtOs-Football Matches Cancelled >Terror Threats

Germany Fears Repeat of Paris Attacks as National Team's Football Match with Holland is Cancelled 90 minutes Before Kick-Off and Rock Concert is Also Evacuated

  • Germany were due to take on Holland in an international friendly at the HDI Arena in Hanover tonight
  • But the match was cancelled around 90 minutes before kick-off when a package was discovered in the ground
  • Police had earlier removed a suspicious suitcase from the ground and closed off roads leading into the area
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been expected to attend the match with members of her cabinet
Daily Mail UK, 17 November 2015


Germany fears a repeat of the Paris attacks as national team's football match with Holland is cancelled 90 minutes before kick-off as a rock concert is evacuated.

Announcements at the 45,000-capacity stadium in northern Germany advised fans to leave calmly and that there was no danger. Most fans were still waiting outside when the order to evacuate came.
Police had earlier sealed off the ground after finding a suitcase before allowing fans to enter.
It came as spectators were evacuated from a rock concert close by in Hanover.





The flags of Germany, France and Holland are unfurled on the pitch during the rehearsal before the match





Police forces secure the infield of the HDI Arena after a suspicious package was found inside the ground





Police gather outside the stadium after the match was cancelled, and told fans to move away from the ground





Police set up a road block outside the stadium while trains coming into Hanover were stopped after the threat





Special forces drive inside the HDI Arena after a bomb alert prior to the match which was eventually cancelled 90 minutes before kick-off





Two police officers in the stands before the match was called off and fans told to leave the ground





Police forces secure an entrance of the the HDI Arena prior the international friendly match between Germany and Holland


The home team had been en route to the ground but were diverted away to an unknown location.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been expected to attend the match along with members of her cabinet.

Security in the area had been very tight, with police armed with machine guns and maintaining a very obvious presence in the city. Reporters arriving for the game were searched, while a sniffer dog was deployed to check their bags.

Trains travelling away from the area were later stopped while reports said the nearby 14,000-capacity TUI-Arena was also evacuated ahead of a concert by the Sohne Mannheims pop band.

Former Holland international Ruud Gullit tweeted: 'I am now on the stadium of #hannover for the game #germany-#holland. They just suspended the game and are going to inform us why.'

The postponement comes just four days after Germany's match against France in Paris was targeted by terrorists as part of a coordinated attack on the capital.

Although a man wearing a suicide belt was prevented from entering the Stade de France last Friday, three explosions later took place outside the ground.

Two of the explosions were heard during the friendly which was played to a conclusion with France winning 2-0 thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Andre-Pierre Gignac.
The German squad spent the night in the ground before returning home on Saturday.





The match was called off at short notice due to security concerns and the stadium was evacuated





Members of the media are searched at an entrance of the HDI Arena prior to the cancelled friendly





Germany's friendly against Holland was cancelled over security threats at the stadium




Police evacuate the HDI Arena after finding a second suspicious package in a matter of hours





Police had earlier removed a suspicious suitcase from outside the ground but fans were then let in
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