Germany’s exhibition soccer match against the Netherlands was canceled less than two hours before kickoff on Tuesday, becoming the second marquee game called off in two days in increasingly edgy Europe.
The cancellation of Germany’s home game against the Netherlands in Hanover came after the police found a suspicious object, The Associated Press reported. Hanover’s police chief, Volker Kluwe, told German television that there was “concrete evidence” of plans to detonate an explosive device in the stadium.
A stadium announcement told fans who had entered the Niedersachsenstadion — which seats more than 40,000 for international matches — to leave.