In the course of the night calm has returned to Munich, police chief Hubertus Andrä confirmed. He said that 550 police were involved in the investigation of what he confimed was a warning of a suicide attack.

A police spokesperson had confirmed to media earlier that there had been “two concrete tips” of planned attacks with an “Islamist background.”

The Guardian reportsthe US, London and Europe put their police agencies on high aert after receiving crerdible threats on train sstations and other targets:

There were concerns across Europe and the US about safety after a year when terrorists showed their ability to carry out or inspire attacks on public gatherings and transport, including in Paris, California and Egypt.

Late on Thursday night, Munich police evacuated the city’s main railway station and a second station in the Pasing neighbourhood because of the “serious, imminent threat” of a terror attack. New year celebrations in Munich and across Germany subsequently passed off peacefully.

Chinese News sources say Shanghai authorities deployed  thousands of police officers: 

Thousands of security personnel were deployed on the streets of Shanghai on New Year’s Eve to ensure the safety of revellers a year after 36 people were killed in a crush during last year’s celebrations.

More than 50,000 police, firefighters and security volunteers patrolled the streets to maintain order.

In MYC, between cops,. solders and first responders, NYC wi deploy nearly 12,000 to defemd the city.