Geneva lowers threat level after 18 days on alert
GENEVA - The Swiss city of Geneva lowered its alert level, police said on Monday, 18 days after it began a search for a number of people who officials said had possible links to terrorism.
A police statement said the Security and Economy Department of Geneva canton, or region, had decided to return to the alert level in place before Dec. 10, after consulting with federal authorities.
"A new assessment of the terrorist threat situation after the Christmas holidays justifies this decision," the statement said. "Moreover, all the recent events considered as potential targets, be they diplomatic, religious or commercial, are now over."
Geneva went on high alert after a suspicious Belgian-registered vehicle fled from a late-night police check and crossed the border into France, and foreign authorities sent a tip about a suspected Islamic State cell in the region.
