GERMANY BOMB THREAT: City LOCKED DOWN and residents EVACUATED following terrifying call
POLICE have locked down a German town after a bomb threat was made against a bank.
The threat was made against the Commerzbank
Officers locked down the centre of Peine, in the north of the country, after the bank received the chilling phone call at 1pm local time.
The man on the phone said a bomb would be detonated immediately at the local branch of the Commerzbank, a police spokesman said.
The perpetrator, who has yet to be identified, spoke fluent German, he added.
The entire area between the 'Back Factory’ and the St Jakobi church have been affected, with shops and local residents evacuated.
The bomb squad and specially trained sniffer dogs are at the scene.
The fire brigade and ambulance services are also at the scene, but so far no suspicious device has been located.
The perpetrator has yet to be identified
Germany is on high alert after a string of ISIS attacks
Twitter user @toby_t_the_king took to the social networking site to comment: "Oh dear! Apparently bomb threat in Peine.
"If this keeps happening on a daily basis politicians will finally have to react #merkel."
The motives for the bomb scare are not yet know, but police sources said there are no leads to suggest it was "politically motivated".
Specially trained sniffer dogs are at the scene
German is on high alert following a string of terror attacks this summer including the horrific Munich shooting in July.
Teenager David Sonboly killed nine people and injured 36 others in the cowardly attack at the Olympia shopping centre.
The 18-year-old, who had dual Iranian-German nationality, then turned the gun on himself as police closed in.