Police close German shopping centre after tip off over possible imminent terror attack

Police in the western German city of Essen have ordered a shopping centre in the centre of town to remain closed on Saturday due to 'concrete indications about a possible attack'. 'The current state of our investigations points to the threat being exclusively at the shopping centre,' said the police in a statement, adding it could give no further details about the nature of the threat at the Limbecker Platz centre. -- More...