A package found at a Christmas market in the German city of Potsdam has been confirmed as a nail bomb, local police said.
The package contained a "cylindrical object with cables, batteries and nails", but police tweeted that "currently" no detonator had been found.
The controlled defusing of the suspicious object was later successfully conducted by the special forces of the German Federal Police in Berlin and Brandenburg.
Christmas markets in Germany are on high alert this year, with strengthened security checks and roadblocks in a bid to avoid deadly terrorist attacks from happening again.
On Dec. 21 last year, a truck driven by a Tunisian Islamist rammed into a Christmas market near Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in downtown Berlin, killing 12 people.
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2/12/17
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The package contained a "cylindrical object with cables, batteries and nails", but police tweeted that "currently" no detonator had been found.
- The police said earlier on Twitter that "the suspicion of an improvised explosive device has been confirmed".
The controlled defusing of the suspicious object was later successfully conducted by the special forces of the German Federal Police in Berlin and Brandenburg.
- According to the Potsdamer Latest News, the package, measuring 40 x 50 inches, was delivered to a pharmacy and found by an employee.
Christmas markets in Germany are on high alert this year, with strengthened security checks and roadblocks in a bid to avoid deadly terrorist attacks from happening again.
On Dec. 21 last year, a truck driven by a Tunisian Islamist rammed into a Christmas market near Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in downtown Berlin, killing 12 people.
[china.org.cn]
2/12/17
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