Nevertheless, the police chief refuted speculation that the threat was a false alarm, saying that “if there is such information, we have to act”. Both stations later reopened at around 3. Revellers seeking to access the site were turned away.Interior minister Thomas de Maiziere thanked Bavarian authorities for their action, warning in a statement that the security situation in Europe and CFCAPR LOW PRESSURE SPRAY GUN Suppliers Germany “remains serious in the New Year”.US authorities had also earlier warned that a plot was being hatched, Bayerischer Rundfunk said. European capitals have been on high alert since November when ISIS jihadists slaughtered 130 people in a series of gun and suicide attacks in Paris, stoking fears they could stage further attacks over the Christmas and New Year holidays.Police had shut down 2 train stations an hour before New Year Police personnel stand guard outside the Munich train station on Thursday.“Overall I would say that the situation for Munich is as it was before this threat of attack,” Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told journalists on Friday.Just over an hour before the New Year, the police ordered the evacuation of the two stations over a possible “terror attack”, issuing alerts via Twitter in several languages.The alert brought an eerie silence to Munich’s busy rail hub, which over the summer made headlines for the massive turn-out of volunteers welcoming record numbers of refugees to Germany.

Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann revealed that the crucial tip-off had come from France, as he underlined that “the French do not make up this sort of information”.A large deployment of 550 officers overnight has now been reduced to 100, and Mr Andrae urged the public to “live as you did before”.But German investigators, acting on information from “friendly countries” including France, said they have so far failed to substantiate the threat.30 am, but the police called for vigilance.Officials had said they were tipped off about a plot by the ISIS group to strike at the southern German city shortly before midnight as Europe prepared to ring in the New Year in an atmosphere of unprecedented security.. — AFP Police had shut down 2 train stations an hour before New YearThe German police on Friday lifted an alert of an imminent attack in Munich, hours after evacuating two key train stations over fears militants from Iraq and Syria were planning a New Year suicide bomb assault.The police, including some in riot gear, were stationed overnight at the entrances to the station.Investigators had in hand the names of some of the “five to seven” suspects allegedly planning to blow themselves up at locations including Munich’s main rail hub and Pasing station in the western part of the city, he said, but have not yet found any evidence. Regional broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk said the suspects were seven Iraqis living in Munich who were allegedly planning to work in pairs and blow themselves up at the two stations as well in other parts of the city.Rail services at both stations were immediately suspended and the police urged the public to avoid large gatherings.“We have examined data relating to these names, but at the moment, we do not know if these names are correct, whether these people exist and where they are,” he said, adding that the suspects were allegedly from Iraq and Syria.“Security agencies continue to expect a high threat stemming from international terrorism,” he said.