German police descended on a Christmas market in Berlin after two bags of bullets were found under a nearby mosque last night.

About 200 rounds of ammunition was found in an underground car park in West Berlin - but officers quickly ruled out any terror link.

The discovery came with Germany still on high alert after a wave of terror attacks and almost a year after a jihadist killed 12 by crashing a lorry through a market in the city.

German police descended on a Christmas market in Berlin after two bags of bullets were found under a nearby mosque last night (file picture)

Last night police swarmed the area as officers examined the haul of ammunition, which was found directly beneath a mosque.

They then searched a park near the Schloss Charlottenburg Christmas Market in Charlottenburg Palace for weapons.

But nothing was found and officers later ruled out terror.

Police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel said: 'Due to the proximity of the ammunition storage place to the Christmas market and the fact that above the underground car park is a mosque, a dangerous situation is assumed.'

The discovery came with Germany still on high alert after a wave of terror attacks and almost a year after a jihadist killed 12 by crashing a lorry through a market in the city

He added: 'Ammunition is always being found in Berlin.

'Somebody was probably clearing their cellar out and found something from their grandfather.'

Germany is on high alert for militant attacks, nearly a year after a Tunisian Islamist rammed a hijacked truck into a Christmas market in central Berlin, killing 11 people as well as the driver.

Earlier this month, experts made safe a device filled with nails that was delivered to a pharmacy near a Christmas market in the German city of Potsdam near Berlin.