Germany checks threat in town Turkish PM to visit

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said on Thursday they had received a threat of an attack on the Labour Office in the western city of Ludwigshafen, where Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is due to visit later in the day.

On Sunday, a fire in a housing block in Ludwigshafen killed nine people with Turkish backgrounds. Erdogan is due to visit the site later.