German police guard Kylie Minogue concert after security threat
Police armed with sub-machine guns have guarded a Kylie Minogue concert in the German city of Cologne after information about a possible security threat was received, authorities say.
"The concert organiser approached us about a possible threat scenario resulting from social media," a police spokesman told dpa.
Threats were made on social media relating to Kylie Minogue's Cologne concert.Credit:The Times
"We can't remain idle with something like that."
Some 20 police worked with security and safety staff to monitor the arrival of concert-goers on Tuesday. Police said the concert by the Australian pop star proceeded "completely trouble-free."
Police had received information about a potential disturbance from Belgium, and pictures of a man were placed at the concert venue's entrance. All male attendees had their identities checked upon arriving.
Authorities in Belgium were contacted to make further investigations, the spokesman said.
Minogue will play Amsterdam and Copenhagen this week before returning to Germany on the weekend ahead of shows in Dublin and Belfast in December.
The tour then continues to Australia in March next year.
Cologne was the scene of a possible terrorism event in October when a man threw a molotov cocktail in a McDonald's restaurant in the town's main train station before taking a woman hostage.
AAP
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