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Germany friendly with Holland was canceled 90 minutes before kick-off that police confirmed device was detonated inside the ground.
Germany were due to take the Netherlands in a friendly match at the arena HDI Hannover this evening.
But the match was canceled about 90 minutes before kick off and the floor was evacuated.
Police confirmed that there were concrete plans to cause an explosion and there was a threat to the city.
The police had earlier removed a suspicious suitcase from the floor and closed the roads leading to the area.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel was expected to attend the meeting with members of his cabinet.
Germany played France in Paris last Friday when terrorists launched a coordinated attack on the city.
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Published BST 18 28, 17 10 November 12 Updated 2015 BST, 18 November 2015.
Germany's friendly against Holland was canceled just 90 minutes before the kickoff following the threat of attack at the stadium.
The police chief Volker Kluwe said that there was a concrete threat scenario for all of Hanover and that there were serious plans to cause an explosion.
He added that a device was designed to explode inside the arena HDI which has a capacity of 45,000.
The postponement comes four days after the Germany match against France in Paris was the target of terrorists as part of a coordinated attack on the capital that killed 129 people A spectator was killed and several others wounded when than 79,000 fans watched the game in the soil.
People talking on their mobile phone shortly after the match between Germany and Holland was canceled following a bomb threat.
Fans are in contact on their phone after being told that they would be no match to be held in Hanover on Tuesday.
The flags of Germany, France and Holland are deployed in the field during the rehearsal before the game.
Police forces ensure the infield of the HDI Arena after a suspicious package was found inside the ground.
Police gather outside the stadium after the game was canceled, and told the fans to leave the ground.
The police set up a roadblock outside the stadium while the trains that come in Hanover were arrested after the threat.
Special forces lead into the HDI Arena after a bomb threat before the match that was canceled 90 minutes before kickoff.
The police provide input to the HDI Arena before the friendly match between Germany and Holland.
A supporter holds a French flag outside the Arena HDI that the match is canceled due to a security alert.
We had concrete evidence that someone wanted to trigger an explosive device in the stadium, Kluwe told German television.
Referring to another bomb threat an hour before that turned out to be a false alarm, he said after the first proved to be harmless object, we got a tip that was to be taken seriously as a attack was planned.
Had advised announcements fans, most of them off the field, calmly leave and there was no danger.
Police had closed early on the floor after finding a suitcase before allowing fans to enter.
Spectators visitors, who were already in the stadium at that time, was asked to leave the stadium without panic, police said in a brief statement.
Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius, speaking at a final news conference, said no explosives had been found then, and no arrests were made.
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Pistorius said there was no confirmation of rumors that an explosive device was placed in an ambulance or other vehicle inside or outside the stadium.
Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told the same news conference that the indications of a planned attack became stronger as the match approached, and the game was canceled at his recommendation.
De Maiziere said he could give some details because he needed to protect the source of information, and because some of these answers would upset the population.
One of the two guardian presidents in charge of the German Football Federation, Reinhard Rauball, said the German team was about five kilometers from the stage when he called and told them to turn around.
Rauball also said two Dutch ministers and the country's ambassador to the threat and the decision to cancel the game.
The police evacuated the arena HDI after finding a second suspicious package in a matter of hours.
The police had earlier removed a suspicious suitcase outside the field, but the fans were then enter.
Two explosions were heard during the friendly match was played to a conclusion with France winning 2-0 thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Andre-Pierre Gignac.
The quota of 80 Germans, including players, coaches and staff, then spent the night holed up in the locker room of the stadium as the attacks occurred in the capital, before heading to the airport on Saturday morning.
Tuesday's friendly between Belgium and Spain was canceled the day before on a recommendation from the Belgian government, the Belgian Football Association said it was part of a new high terror alert and the actual pursuit 'a suspect.
Before Tuesday's meeting, the director of Germany Joachim Low said the device would serve as a message for democracy.
It was a horrible night, terrible Friday, he said, we landed back in Frankfurt, I had the feeling that the game could not take place, but after sleeping overnight, it became clear that the game should move forward.
There will be a clear message for freedom and democracy, it is about respect and support for our French friends If we can turn this game into a signal, then we have already won, whatever the outcome, we all agree that it is good that we defend our values and that this game is played.
His counterpart Danny Blind said I think it's a good decision not to give in to terror, but obviously we would have respected the decision that the Germans had taken.
I can not begin to imagine what was going on in the minds of German players Friday when they hear an explosion like that during the game, it's bound to have an effect on Fortunately, I've never anything whether lived like that.
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