Music Festival in Germany Evacuated Due to Terrorist Threat

The Rock am Ring festival, a rock festival in Germany, was evacuated and suspended Friday over a terrorist threat.

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The Rock am Ring festival, a rock festival in Germany, was evacuated and suspended Friday over a terrorist threat, according to the Guardian. Koblenz police reportedly received a “concrete threat,” which led to the temporary suspension of the three-day event outside Nürburg.

The festival was closed down for the day after police received information that pertained to a suspected terror threat. Thousands were evacuated from the facilities; 90,000 are expected to attend the annual festival at some point.

“As safety is paramount, and it is necessary to exclude a threat to festival visitors in any case as far as possible, it was decided to suspend the festival for this day,” police said.

Police added that they received “concrete indications” that meant they could not “exclude a possible terrorist threat.”

“After a threat could not be ruled out, all necessary measures were taken immediately,” police said. “This led to the event being interrupted today for security reasons.”

Twenty-two people died in a terror attack at a concert in Manchester last week.

Police for the Rock am Ring festival said they upped their security plans following the Manchester attack. They had 1,200 officers lined up to protect concert-goers.

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