#terror-threat

#terror-threat

UEFA is aware of a terror threat towards Champions League matches but has confirmed the matches will proceed with tightened security measures.

Increased police presence with over 2,000 security personnel will be in place for the quarterfinal ties in response to the alleged threat. [ more ]

German authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy and his alleged accomplice on suspicion of planning a militant Islamist attack on a Christmas market.

The suspects planned to use fuel to blow up a small truck at the Christmas market in Leverkusen.

The teenager claimed he had acquired gasoline for the attack and planned to join the Islamic State-Khorasan Province extremist group. [ more ]