German police have cancelled a Germany-Netherlands football match due Tuesday evening that was meant to honor the Paris attack victims, citing a "serious" bomb threat.

German police have cancelled a Germany-Netherlands football match due Tuesday evening that was meant to honor the Paris attack victims, citing a "serious" bomb threat.

There had been "a concrete threat scenario for all of Hanover," police chief Volker Kluwe told public broadcaster NDR, adding there had been "serious plans to cause an explosion".