Germany national team evacuated after bomb threat to hotel in Paris

The German national team had to be evacuated from their team hotel in Paris after a bomb threat was called in.

General manager and former German international Oliver Bierhoff confirmed the evacuation that took place on Friday morning - Joachim Low's team are set to play France in a friendly on Friday night.

"There was a bomb threat. The hotel has been widely cordoned off and evacuated," the former striker told German newspaper Express.

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German preparations were badly hit after they had to leave the five-star Molitor hotel, about 5km east of the Eiffel Tower, just before lunchtime.

The head of the German football federation (DFB) security team Hendrik Grosse Lefert added that there was no indication of when the squad would be allowed to return to the complex.

"The French police have informed us that an anonymous bomb threat had been made," he said.

"Together with our colleagues, we decided to evacuate the hotel to enable them to go through and examine the rooms and conference rooms thoroughly."

The world champions are expected to have lunch away from the hotel and return in the early afternoon to pick up their kit and belongings before heading to the Stade de France, where they face France in a repeat of the 2014 World Cup quarter-final.

Germany won that encounter in Rio de Janeiro 1-0 thanks to a goal from Mats Hummels.

Additional reporting from PA