Police at the Limbecker Platz shopping mall in Essen, Germany, March 11, 2017, after it was shut due to attack threat. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Berlin: A shopping center in the western German city of Essen was closed down by police on Saturday because of a terrorist threat.
Police spokesman said that there were indications that the center was about to be targeted by terrorists, therefore the decision was made to close the facility for the day.
Germany is on high alert following major attacks in France and Belgium and after a failed asylum seeker drove a truck into a Christmas market in December, killing 12 people.
