Cenk Uygur
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ISIS Threat Cancels German Soccer Match
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November 18, 2015
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5:00Now PlayingMore terrorist threats in Europe. A soccer match in Germany has been canceled due to a tip that ISIS was targeting the event. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was scheduled to attend the match. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Europe faced a new terror threat Tuesday, four days after devastating Islamic State attacks in Paris, when German officials evacuated a soccer stadium over an apparent plan to set off a powerful bomb.
Authorities in Hanover, Germany, abruptly called off a friendly soccer matchbetween Germany and the Netherlands that Chancellor Angela Merkel had planned to attend to show resolve against terrorism and support for the victims of the Nov. 13 attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris. One target of Friday’s attacks was a crowded soccer match at a stadium north of Paris.
Hanover Police Chief Volker Kluwe told local broadcaster NDR that officials received “a concrete tip that an explosives attack was planned against this international match in the stadium.” A high-level European security official said the evacuation, which took place shortly before the match was due to begin, was related to the Paris attacks.”*
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