North Rhine-Westphalia: Shopping center in Lüdenscheid cleared after bomb threat

Lüdenscheid (dpa / lnw) – After a bomb threat, the police cleared a shopping center in downtown Lüdenscheid in Sauerland on Thursday. According to a spokesman, officers also searched the building with the help of an explosives detection dog at noon. The police had previously called on people in the city center via the short message service Twitter to avoid the access area to the shopping center and to keep the access routes free for the emergency services. There is no danger to the population.