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 Christmas market located at the Memorial church, one of the city’s most famous landmark.
the Police must investigate ‘any suspicious object,’ write the Berlin police on Twitter.
the Newspapers 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 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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