The people of Hanover were not left out, they wanted to send a signal that evening in Hannover. Against terror. For life. So far it has not come.
Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière was together with Chancellor Angela Merkel on approach to Hanover, where both the football match between Germany and the wanted to visit the Netherlands when he met a serious decision. After, the minister, ever-condensing Note location of a possible terrorist attack in the area surrounding the stadium, he recommended his Lower Saxon counterpart Boris Pistorius and Deputy DFB president Reinhard Rauball, cancel the match shortly. The two settled briefly explain the situation, then agreed immediately.
A little later, at first was the stadium of Hannover, then cleared the area surrounding the stadium quickly. The national teams of Germany and Holland, who were both not yet arrived at the stadium, were sent back to their quarters. The players from both teams competed in the evening on the way home; some with cars, some by plane. The audience in and outside the stadium went off within one hour. Thereafter, the police closed the area around the arena from a wide area. And a guesswork began: Why
In the area surrounding the stadium BelTA learned from circles of local and state politicians that appeal to a string of lights to commemorate the victims wanted to take part of the attacks of Paris, that the police had found explosives in a car, in the immediate vicinity of the stadium. The rejection, as a representative of the city of Hanover, had been unavoidable.
In the city center of Hannover and around the stadium meanwhile policemen had posted with machine guns , Even the Ministry of Interior of Hannover was screened.
Memorable press
Inside gave de Maizière, Pistorius and Rauball now a press conference that will stick in my memory. Although the Interior Minister reported when and where he had the warnings that had led to the cancellation of the game obtained. The contents of these warnings, the reason therefore, which had led to the cancellation of the football game, which called neither de Maizière yet Pistorius. Instead, de Maizière asked the public “to a leap of faith” in this “serious situation”.
When he would report, was the nature of the evidence of the impending terrorist attack and by whom these notes had come, he would jeopardize
the “security of the country” , Part of the answer, so de Maizière on, would “unsettle the population”, other parts complicate the future work of the security authorities. A line of non-information, to which also held Pistorius. Instead, the two leaders stressed how extremely difficult they had been decided; how difficult it is to weigh in such cases, between serious clues and those who served rather the general uncertainty.
In fact, it had the Ahead of the international match, given by the Paris attacks threats against the event, who classified the authorities as pomposity. Only in the course of early Friday evening, the Minister of the Interior, the quality of the notes was so risen, that he “had decided in doubt for the protection of human” itself. How big the risk really was, remained until late evening so openly. According to the speculations ran wild, but correspondingly also received a statement by weight that the Hannoversche police chief Kluwe had made shortly after the cancellation of the game.
“specific threat situation for the whole of Hannover”
He reported loud NDR that “someone an explosive device in the stadium wanted to ignite”. Therefore, the head of agency went from a “concrete threat situation for the whole of Hanover,” the people of Hanover should rather stay at home.
In Berlin security sources said little later that the crucial clue came from French intelligence. This had been referring to an Iraqi from the Weserbergland. Whether the man is actually been at the stadium, but am still not known. Unconfirmed remained reports that even an ambulance had been searched for explosives.
hard stand in the evening against the fact that so far no arrests in connection with the gave terror alert and that no explosives were discovered yet. Various items were indeed checked even been blown up in the Hanover Central Station a package. The suspicion is located explosives could find, have not been confirmed.
The final word of the evening, which was dominated by the threat of terrorism, but quite different from thought, said Lower Saxony Prime Minister Stephan Weil: The rejection of the football match and the evacuation of the stadium, so the self-confessed football fan, had “unfortunately necessary” been. The thanks applies to the security forces, who would have done a very good job. The gratitude is true but “also the spectators.” They would behave in Hanover “very prudent”.
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