Alarm has alerted local authorities in Düsseldorf in Germany who have decided to evacuate the Christmas markets operating in the city centre.
Initially the Düsseldorf authorities cordoned off the area of the old town where the Christmas market is located, a spokesman for the municipality said, without giving the reason for the decision.
The newspaper Bild, citing police, reported that the Christmas market in the old town area as well as other areas across the city were cordoned off following reports of a threat.
The Corneliusplatz market was initially evacuated at 3 p.m. Then an order was given to evacuate and close to the public the Winterwelt market and then the one in the area near Königsallee.
According to the German newspaper, these areas were completely empty of people and there was only the presence of police officers and patrol cars.
The Christmas 2016 terrorist attack
In Germany they have not forgotten the terrorist attack on the Christmas market in Braitside Square in the heart of West Berlin on December 19, 2016. Since then, security measures have been particularly tight during the Christmas season.
Back then, Tunisian Anis Amri, who had come to Germany as a refugee from Italy a year earlier, killed a Polish driver, stole his truck and then drove his 25-ton truck into the crowded Christmas market, leaving dead and injured.
Source: in.gr
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