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Rock Am Ring evacuated: German music festival suspended due to 'terrorist threat'
[INDEPENDENT.CO.UK] Police in Germany have evacuated the Rock Am Ring music festival after receiving a terror threat.The major event was cleared out on Friday evening after police in the nearby city of Koblenz said they had received information about a "concrete threat". "Due to a terrorist threat the police have advised us to interrupt the festival," organisers said on the festival website. Around 90,000 music fans were expected to attend the annual three-day event by the end of the weekend. The German band Rammstein was the Friday night headliner, but hadn't yet started playing. Festival organisers say they hope to be able to go ahead with the programme Saturday. "The public reacted fantastically," organiser Marek Lieberberg said. Festival-goers were told to move to the camping area after being told of the evacuation. Authorities took the precautionary measure less than two weeks after 22 people were killed as they left an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
[IsraelTimes] Germany’s biggest rock festival will resume after being disrupted by fears of a possible "terrorist threat" which have proved to be unfounded, the organizers said Saturday. Police told AFP searches at the three-day "Rock am Ring," held near the southwestern city of Koblenz were over. Some 90,000 people are expected to attend the event which ends on Sunday. "After a series of intensive searches across the site the fears of an imminent danger were not confirmed," the organizers said. "The police gave the go-ahead" for the festival to restart they said, without specifying when the event would resume. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-03 |
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