After a threatening phone call: Christmas markets in Düsseldorf cleared – the police are now giving the all-clear
Created: 05/12/2022, 20:59
By: Linus Prien
A Christmas market at Benrath Palace in Düsseldorf.
© IMAGO/Robert Poorten
Düsseldorf: The police had closed all the Christmas markets in the city because there was an acute threat.
Now there is an all-clear.
Update from December 5, 8:55 p.m .:
After clearing several Christmas markets in downtown Düsseldorf because of a threat, the police gave the all-clear on Monday evening.
The measures around the town hall "were orderly", said the police in the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital.
Investigations into a crime "threat of crimes to disturb the public peace" had been started.
After receiving a threat, the police cleared the Christmas markets in downtown Düsseldorf between 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
It's about an "abstract threat," said a police spokesman in the North Rhine-Westphalian capital.
The principle of “safety first” applies.
The police did not provide any further information on the nature and circumstances of the threat, which was received on Monday afternoon.
Accordingly, several Christmas markets in the Düsseldorf city area were affected.
After a threatening call – the police in Düsseldorf clear Christmas markets
First report from December 5, 2022:
Dusseldorf – The police in Dusseldorf are probably clearing all the Christmas markets in the city.
The reason for this is an acute threat situation, as reported by the
Bild Zeitung
.
The police cleared Christmas markets, including at Corneliusplatz, at around 3 p.m.
The site has now been cleared of all visitors and security forces are on site.
Entrances to the Christmas markets are also guarded by police officers.
It is unclear exactly what kind of threat it is.
According to the
Bild newspaper
, there was a threatening phone call.
The caller therefore threatened to drive a truck to a market.
More information will follow shortly.
Only recently, six people were injured in a serious car accident near a Düsseldorf Christmas market
.
(LP)