Security stepped up at Nato base in Germany due to ‘potential threat’

Soldiers check the entrance to the Nato air base in Geilenkirchen (Christoph Reichwein/dpa/AP)

The security level at a Nato air base in western Germany was raised temporarily because of intelligence information pointing to a “potential threat,” but was reduced again on Friday, the alliance said.

An announcement late Thursday night of the increase in the security level at the Geilenkirchen base did not elaborate on the nature of the potential threat, but said that all staff not essential to missions had been sent home as a precaution.