Large-scale operation after a shooting threat at Erfurt school. Teachers and students are being looked after, said a police spokesman.

The school building was secured and the school is currently being evacuated. No information could initially be given as to exactly what type of crime was threatened. The anonymous caller announced an attack at a regular school in Erfurt's old town on Wednesday. The police are on site with a large contingent and the building has been secured, police said. The call was made by an anonymous caller in which an "assault" was announced.