Germany terror alert: SECOND stadium evacuated in Hannover as cops warn public not to walk in groups - Mirror Online

A concert venue in Germany has been evacuated as police ramp up security amid a terror alert sweeping the country.

The TUI-Arena, was reported to have been cleared out ahead of performance by the Söhne Mannheims musical group.

Hanover mayor, Stefan Schostok, told German newspaper Bild: “Safety is paramount.

BREAKING: According to BILD, the TUI-Arena is now also being evacuated. The Söhne Mannheims pop band were playing there tonight.

— DW Sports (@dw_sports) November 17, 2015

"This is a fear you will always have. I trust the police have made the right decision. If a threat situation exists, then those steps must be taken.”

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Söhne Mannheims is a German musical band founded 1995 and has a huge following in the country.

The band took a selfie before the evacuation which happened within the last hour.

Von Anfang An Dabei... und Söhne Mannheims bleiben! #OneLove#SM20 #onTour #onStage #Hannover

Posted by Söhne Mannheims on Tuesday, November 17, 2015

It is the second venue to be evacuated in the area coming after the HDI Arena in Hannover was evacuated earlier in the evening.

The step was taken after police received "concrete information" about a bomb threat.

An earlier bomb scare caused the evacuation of the Hannover stadium ahead of a German international friendly with the Netherlands.

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It comes just four days after a series of co-ordinated terror attacks killed 129 in Paris when terrorists stormed locations including concert hall Bataclan where rock group Eagles of Death Metal were due to play.

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