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Politiet i den vesttyske by Essen har lørdag lukket et stort indkøbscenter, efter man havde modtaget trusler om et terrorangreb.

Det er indkøbscentret Limbecker Platz i det centrale Essen, der lørdag står øde hen.

»Den foreløbige efterforskning tyder på, at truslen kun er relateret til indkøbscentret,« har politiet ifølge NBC News meddelt.

Ifølge flere tyske og internationale medier begrundede politiet lukningen med, at der var »konkrete indikationer på et muligt angreb«.

Limbecker Platz vil holde lukket resten af lørdagen, skriver centret på sin Facebook-side:

Ifølge tyske medier er indkøbscentret med 70.000 kvadratmeter og 200 butikker et af Tysklands største.

Police with a dog at the entrance of Limbecker Platz shopping mall in Essen, Germany, March 11, 2017, after it was shut due to attack threat. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Police with a dog at the entrance of Limbecker Platz shopping mall in Essen, Germany, March 11, 2017, after it was shut due to attack threat. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen Foto: THILO SCHMUELGEN
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Police at the Limbecker Platz shopping mall in Essen, Germany, March 11, 2017, after it was shut due to attack threat. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Police at the Limbecker Platz shopping mall in Essen, Germany, March 11, 2017, after it was shut due to attack threat. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen Foto: THILO SCHMUELGEN
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epa05842052 Heavily armed police stand guard in front of the shopping center 'Limbecker Platz' in Essen, Germany, 11 March 1017. The shopping center in Essen is closed due to concrete indications of an imminent attack, media reported. EPA/SASCHA STEINBACH
epa05842052 Heavily armed police stand guard in front of the shopping center 'Limbecker Platz' in Essen, Germany, 11 March 1017. The shopping center in Essen is closed due to concrete indications of an imminent attack, media reported. EPA/SASCHA STEINBACH Foto: SASCHA STEINBACH
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Policemen secure the area around the "Limbecker Platz" shopping centre in Essen, western Germany, after a terror warning on March 11, 2017. The shopping centre will stay closed the whole day for security reasons, as police got concrete hints of a possible terror attack. / AFP PHOTO / dpa / Bernd Thissen / Germany OUT
Policemen secure the area around the "Limbecker Platz" shopping centre in Essen, western Germany, after a terror warning on March 11, 2017. The shopping centre will stay closed the whole day for security reasons, as police got concrete hints of a possible terror attack. / AFP PHOTO / dpa / Bernd Thissen / Germany OUT Foto: BERND THISSEN
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