(REUTERS/Michael Dalder)
German police secure the main train station in Munich January 1, 2016. German police evacuated two train stations in Munich late on Thursday, saying on Twitter they had received a tip regarding a planned militant attack on New Year's Eve in the Bavarian capital.
Two evacuated train stations in Munich have reopened amid what authorities called an "imminent" terror threat on New Year's Eve.
On Thursday, Munich police cleared out Munich's Hauptbahnhof and Pasing train stations on reports of planned suicide bombings at the transit stops.
Authorities tweeted this message Thursday afternoon:
It reads: "Current indications that in Munich a terrorist attack is planned. Please avoid crowds and the train stations Hauptbahnhof + Pasing.”
The two stations were reopened hours later.
"The Hauptbahnof and Pasing [stations] are now released and open. We remain on site and vigilant," the tweet reads.
Agence France-Presse cited German authorities who say five to seven Islamic State-affiliated individuals are suspected to have planned suicide bombings on New Year's Eve in Munich.
The warnings came just hours before midnight there.
In a statement noted by AFP, Bavaria's interior minister Joachim Herrmann said "The Federal Criminal Authority informed Bavarian police ... that the [Islamic State] was planning an attack" at the Hauptbahnhof and Pasing rail stations.
Here's an outline of the two Münich stations in question:
(MVV Münich/Amanda Macias/Business Insider)
Revelers in Munich rang in the new year without incident, but law enforcement remains on high alert.
The US Embassy in Berlin issued its own warning, urging US citizens in Germany to "bolster their personal security" amid the ongoing threat of terrorism. Here's more from that statement: