(Reuters) Police stepped up their protection of a synagogue in western Germany on Wednesday evening after receiving information about a possible threat, but no injuries were reported.
A police officer on the scene said nobody had been hurt during the operation in Hagen, a town of some 200,000 on the fringes of the Ruhr industrial region.
Police declined to give further details about the threat, which coincided with the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur, when observant Jews hold overnight vigils in synagogues.
“A very large police operation is underway here in Hagen,” said spokesperson Timo Schaefer. “We had a hint that there was a threat to a Jewish institution. Acting on this information, we increased the security around this institution.”
