- Germany's football side are in Paris for a friendly vs France on Friday night
- They were asked to evacuate their Molitor hotel in Paris before lunchtime on Friday due to a bomb threat
- No indication of when the squad will be allowed to return to the complex
- The players headed to Roland Garros to play tennis in the aftermath
The German national football team have been evacuated from their hotel in Paris due to a bomb threat; an anonymous caller phoned in the threat at 9:50 am on Friday morning.
Germany are in Paris for a friendly against France on Friday night, but their preparations were reportedly disturbed when they were forced to leave the Molitor hotel.
'There was a threat and the hotel has been evacuated and cordoned off,' Germany's business manager, Oliver Bierhoff told Germany's Express newspaper.
The German national football team have been evacuated from their hotel in Paris due to a bomb threat; Police were called to search the underside of the squad's bus
Thomas Muller (fourth right) turns around after being asked to leave the Molitor hotel in the French capital
Sami Khedira (left) and his team-mates had their preparations disturbed just before lunchtime on Friday
French police informed Germany's security set-up that an anonymous bomb threat had been made
The DFB's head of security Hendrik Grosse Lefert says there is no indication of when the squad can return
Police with sniffer dogs went on site to check for potential explosives and a security perimeter has been established around the hotel.
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.'
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'Die Mannschaft's' players headed to Roland Garros to play tennis in the aftermath of the scare, with Sami Khedira and Lukas Podolski posting Instagram photographs from the French Open courts.
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.
Khedira (left) subsequently posted this picture of he and four of his team-mates at Roland Garros
Forward Lukas Podolski (second left) poses with 'Die Mannschaft' on the French Open courts
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