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Berlin Christmas market – the scene of a fatalterror attackthree years ago – was tonight evacuated.

Two men were initially held by police in the German capital as they were thought to be behaving suspiciously. An initial search flagged a potential match with someone subject to an arrest warrant, but it was later found to be unrelated.

“Our police measures around Breitscheidplatz are finished. A dangerous object has not been found,” Berlin police tweeted.

“This evening our colleagues held two people behaving suspiciously at the Breitscheidplatz and checked them. The on-site check initially revealed a wanted listing, but this was not confirmed after further investigation.

“Due to the behavior and the apparent anted listing our colleagues evacuated the Christmas market as a precaution.”

Daily newspaper Bild quoted a police spokesman as saying that the two men were stopped after leaving the square at a conspicuously fast pace and that, on taking their names, officers believed one was the subject of an arrest warrant.

The police cleared the square as a precaution. However, they subsequently realized the man’s name was similar to someone facing an arrest warrant, but not an exact match, Bild reported.

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