A NATO airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany, temporarily heightened its security level due to a 'potential threat,' leading to the evacuation of non-essential personnel.
The decision was made based on intelligence information, although specific details of the threat were not disclosed. This move comes after a similar security increase at a nearby military base in Cologne. The alert level was raised to the second highest, code-named Charlie, indicating the seriousness of the perceived threat.
However, the security level was later reduced, and the situation appears to be under control.
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NATO airbase in Germany raises security level due to 'potential threat'
A NATO airbase in Germany has raised its security level due to "a potential threat". All non-mission essential staff have been sent home from the base in Geilenkirchen in ... their water or drink bottled supplies after a hole was found in a fence around ...
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