Germany: Mosque evacuated over bomb threat

COLOGNE, Germany

Germany’s largest mosque in the western city of Cologne was evacuated on Thursday following a telephone bomb threat.

Cologne Central Mosque officials told Anadolu Agency that the mosque complex, which houses the headquarters of Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB, was evacuated this afternoon after receiving a bomb threat via telephone.

Police are still investigating the threat.
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