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Police evacuate two Munich train stations, citing threat of militant attack


    BERLIN (Reuters) - German police evacuated two train stations in Munich late on Thursday, saying on Twitter they had received a tip regarding a planned militant attack on New Year?s Eve in the Bavarian capital.

    ?Actual lead that in #Munich a terror attack is planned. Please avoid crowd gatherings as well as the central train station and the Pasinger train station,? read a translation of the German tweet.

    It added: ?Pasinger and central stations have been evacuated. Trains are no longer running. Please follow police instructions.?

    Another tweet from the police said: "We note explicitly once again that we take the threat very seriously. Please remain alert."

    (Reporting by Joseph Nasr in Berlin; Additional reporting by Eric Beech in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese and Peter Cooney)