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Members of the audience leave the SAP-Arena venue after the German television casting show “Germany’s Next Topmodel” is cancelled in Mannheim, Germany on May 14, 2015.

An anonymous phone call prompted the evacuation of 8,500 people


Heidi Klum and thousands of others were evacuated from the live televised finale of “Germany’s Next Topmodel” after a bomb threat was made against the show.


Police said that an anonymous female called in the threat to the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany, at 9 p.m. local time on Thursday (3 p.m. EDT)—prompting 8,500 people to be removed from the venue and cancellation of the finale’s live broadcast.


Officials found a suspicious bag but later determined it was not dangerous, the Mannheim Police Department said in a statement. It added that the all-clear was given after a full search of the…


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