German police tighten security at Cologne cathedral amid threat of attack

Berlin [Germany], December 24 (ANI): German Police carried out searches at a cathedral in the western city of Cologne amid warnings of a possible attack on New Year’s Eve, Al Jazeera reported. Cologne police chief Michael Esser on Saturday said the Cologne cathedral would be closed and sniffer dogs would be brought in to search the building after the evening mass service. “Even though the information relates to New Year’s Eve, we are from this evening doing everything we can to ensure the safety of visitors of the cathedral on Christmas Eve,” Esser said in a statement. Visitors will have to undergo thorough security checks before entering the cathedral on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported. According to the German newspaper Bild,…