Paris attacks: Germany on alert after 'concrete' threat to attack Hanover stadium – as it happened
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Hanover
- A football friendly between Germany and Holland at the Tui Arena was cancelled at 7.30pm local time and the stadium evacuated after police received “concrete information” of a terror attack in the stadium.
- The central train station remained closed while a bomb squad disposed of a suspicious object there.
- There has been no official confirmation that explosives were found near the stadium, but Hanover’s police chief Volker Kluwe told media that the plan was to “detonate explosives” at the stadium.
Paris
- French police are seeking a ninth possible attacker involved in Paris attacks.
- French police investigating the Paris attacks believe the terrorists may have been planning a further assault in the 18th arrondissement that was abandoned.
- A cell phone has been found near the site of one of Friday’s Paris shootings with a map of the music venue that was attacked and a text message on it saying words to the effect of “let’s go”, CNN reports.
‘Safe houses’ and vehicles investigated in Paris Attacks
- A black Renault Clio is the third car found in Paris with Belgian number plates that may be linked to the attacks – the vehicle was reportedly hired by Salah Abdeslam, the suspect now on the run.
- Investigators now believe that two safe houses in the Paris suburbs were used by Friday night’s attackers: a hotel room in Appart’City in the southern suburb of Alfortville, and an apartment in the north-eastern suburb of Bobigny.
Suspects tracked and arrests made in connection with Paris attacks
- Germany’s top security official downplayed possible links between seven people arrested in the western town of Aachen and the Paris attacks.
- Two men who have been charged in Belgium with terror offences have admitted picking up Salah Abdeslam from Paris early on Friday morning, but deny aiding the bombers.
- The voice on an Isis video distributed via social media after the attacks has reportedly been identified as that of Fabien Clain, a French citizen from Toulouse who has been active on the militant Islamist scene and is based in Raqqa.
France calls for EU help following Paris attacks
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Victims remembered
- 117 of the 129 victims who died in Paris on Friday night have now been identified, France’s justice minister, Christiane Taubira, has announced. Here are some profiles of those who died.
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Phone found with 'let's go' message – reports
Reuters reports:
A cell phone has been found near the site of one of Friday’s Paris shootings with a map of the music venue that was attacked and a text message on it saying words to the effect of “let’s go”, a source with knowledge of the investigations said.Confirming reports on French web site Mediapart and US television channel CNN, the source said the phone was found in a dustbin near the Bataclan concert hall where the bloodiest of the shootings took place.
CNN reports that the message was found on an encrypted app on the phone.
The Guardian has not yet been able to verify the reports independently.
France’s health minister, Marisol Touraine, announced on Tuesday that all medical care will be free for the victims of last week’s terrorist attacks.
(Her statement below in French)
— Gouvernement (@gouvernementFR)November 17, 2015
[CP @MarisolTouraine] Gratuité des soins immédiate pour les victimes d'actes terroristes >> https://t.co/9ZEgpGgrFb pic.twitter.com/nSP1ond5pQ
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What we know about the Hanover 'explosion' threat
Germany’s Interior Minister De Maizière has just given a press conference with Boris Pistorius, the interior minister of Lower Saxony. Here’s what we’ve learned:
- A football friendly between Germany and Holland in the city of Hanover was cancelled at 7.30pm local time (91 minutes before kick-off) and the stadium evacuated after police received “concrete information” of a terror attack in the stadium.
- Hanover’s police chief Volker Kluwe told media that the plan was to “detonate explosives” at the stadium. There has been no official confirmation of local media reports that explosives were found near the stadium.
- Heavily armed police evacuated the stadium, before the German national team even entered the stadium. Team spokesman Jens Gritnner said the team had been taken to a “secure place.”
- Hanover’s central train station remains partially closed off, as are some public transport stops.
- Angela Merkel and other leading politicians were due to attend the match, which had been billed as a sign of solidarity towards the victims of the Paris attacks. Merkel flew back home to Berlin after being alerted of the threat.
- De Maizière said that the tip-off to the threat came from a “foreign source”.
- No arrests have yet been made.
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