BERLIN — The German authorities called off an exhibition soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands in Hanover on Tuesday, less than two hours before kickoff, after the authorities received what they called “a concrete security threat.”
Chancellor Angela Merkel had been on her way to the match, a visit that her government had presented as a sign that Europe’s routines were resuming after the attacks in Paris on Friday.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, who was flying to the game from Berlin with Ms. Merkel, told reporters he had decided to cancel it after “indications about a threat to tonight’s game grew more concrete in the course of the evening.