The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany hunts possible contacts of mall attack plotter German police were searching Sunday for possible contacts of an Isis fighter believed to be behind a terror plot against a major shopping mall. https://www.thelocal.de/20170312/germany-hunts-possible-contacts-of-mall-attack-plotter Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:30:34 +0100 germany-hunts-possible-contacts-of-mall-attack-plotter Germany frees one of two held over mall attack threat German police said on Sunday they had released one of two men held over a terror attack threat that led authorities to shut down a major shopping mall in the central city of Essen. https://www.thelocal.de/20170312/germany-frees-one-of-two-held-over-mall-attack-threat Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:08:59 +0100 germany-frees-one-of-two-held-over-mall-attack-threat Terror threat that shut down Essen shopping mall was 'very concrete': police UPDATE: Security sources have told German media that a "very concrete" terror attack threat that shut down an Essen shopping centre on Saturday seems to be linked to an Isis fighter from Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170311/germany-shuts-down-shopping-mall-over-attack-threat Sat, 11 Mar 2017 13:05:22 +0100 germany-shuts-down-shopping-mall-over-attack-threat