There are unconfirmed reports of two detainees in the christmas market, who three years ago was hit by an attack.
Police in Berlin on Saturday night evacuated the christmas market on Breitscheidplatz, which three years ago was hit by an attack that claimed the lives of 12 people.
the Police must investigate “any suspicious object,” writes the Berlin police on Twitter.
the Armed police are present in large numbers, and police with dogs are on their way to the site, writes the Berliner Zeitung.
the Christmas market located at the Memorial church, one of the city’s most famous landmark. Here had a concert interrupted because of politialarmen outside, writes culture guide Bild.
Both the Bild and the Berliner Zeitung writes that the two persons are arrested. This information is not immediately confirmed by the police.
According to the two newspapers information they arrested two syrians.
All visitors to the christmas market left the place in peace and order, police said, according to the Berliner Zeitung.
Parts of the train traffic at the station Zoologischer Garten in Berlin is temporarily halted, writes the newspaper.
three years ago drove a man a truck into the christmas market and killed 12 people, while several others were injured.
the Offender, tuneseren Anis Amri, was shot and killed by Italian police, after he had fled to Italy.
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