Police close the streets around a Christmas market after a suspicious object was found in Potsdam, eastern Germany, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. ( Julian Staehle/dpa via AP) (Associated Press)BERLIN — The Latest on the suspicious device found near a Christmas market in Germany: (all times local):7:05 p.m.German police say a suspect package that prompted the evacuation of a Christmas market in Potsdam had no ignition device. ___6:10 p.m.A German security official says the suspicious package destroyed by authorities at a Christmas market in Potsdam contained nails and a powder, but that it’s not yet known whether they part of a real explosive device. Schroeter praised Potsdam police for quickly evacuating the city’s entire Christmas market while the device was secured and then destroyed in a controlled explosion. A truck attack on Berlin’s Christmas market last year killed 12 people.

Source: Washington Post December 01, 2017 17:00 UTC