German police took the decision to shut down two main train stations in Munich after receiving 'very concrete information' from the intelligence service of a friendly country that the Islamic State militant group had planned to carry out attacks in the southern city on New Year's Eve, Bavaria Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told a news conference on Friday. Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae said the militant group had planned to use suicide bombers in the attack.
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