German-Netherlands friendly match called off by bomb threat

The Hanover Stadium hosting the friendly soccer game between Germany and Netherlands was evacuated Tuesday night ahead of the game over "a concrete threat" of an explosive attack.The game was to have been marked by solidarity with Paris and attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel. There were unconfirmed reports that an ambulance filled with explosives was discovered outside the stadium.

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