Police in Hagen are on Tuesday evening because of a possible danger situation in the city center. A police spokesman said numerous police forces and explosives detection dogs are at the multiplex cinema Cinestar.

The building complex was evacuated and cordoned off. Further details about the operation in the South Westphalian city were not given. On Twitter, the police had announced that there was no danger to residents. The incident was first reported by the German newspaper "Westfalenpost"