This is breaking out of the Netherlands. Dutch police have arrested seven individuals who they say were plotting terrorist attacks in the country. The below is translated from De Telegraaf by Fousesquawk.
OM: men wanted to strike at event and explode
car bomb at another location
Seven
arrests for plans 'major terrorist attack' in the Netherlands
By EDITORIAL
Updated
1 hour ago
Yesterday, 19:25 in the Netherlands
UPDATE - Seven men were arrested on
Thursday in connection with the planning of a 'major terrorist attack' in the
Netherlands. That was confirmed by the Public Prosecution Service.
The men come from Arnhem (three), Rotterdam
(two), Huissen (one) and Vlaardingen (one). The suspects were arrested at
the end of the afternoon in Arnhem and Weert. The two men in Weert stayed
there in a holiday home and drove in a van on Thursday when they were stopped by
an arrest team. According to local media, shot(s) were fired by the
special unit. On images you can see that there is blood on the
ground. The white van, with French license plate, and two passenger cars
are confiscated, according to weertdegekste.nl.
Whether an agent has shot in Weert, the police
do not want to say - it is clear that the special unit has used force. One
or more suspects have suffered minor injuries.
Suspects were armed
The ages of the suspects vary from 21 to 34
years. During the arrests, for which various anti-terror units were
deployed, the police found five small arms.
Group formed around 34-year-old
Iraqi
"In a months-long criminal investigation,
the police became aware of a group centered around the 34-year-old Hardi N. of
Iraqi origin from Arnhem, who was convicted in 2017 for attempting to travel to
IS's battlefield", according to the Public Prosecution Service, which says
it assumes that an attack has been prevented with the arrests.
Bomb belts and car
bombs
The men were looking for AK47s, small arms,
hand grenades, bomb belts and raw materials for one or more (car)
bombs. The PPS assumes that the suspects wanted to strike at two locations
at the same time: both an attack with bombs and Kalashnikov AK47s at an event
and as a car bomb they wanted to detonate.
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In addition to the 34-year-old man, two other
suspects have been convicted for an attempt to travel, according to the Public
Prosecution Service.
Police helicopter
above Arnhem
Above Arnhem, for some time, a police
helicopter hovered on Thursday, as twitterers noticed.
The suspects are in restrictions and are
therefore not allowed to have contact with each other or other people - only
with their lawyer. On Friday they will appear before the examining
magistrate.
House searches
Rotterdam
In Rotterdam Thursday evening in two closely
situated houses, raids and houses were searched.
'Clearly looking for a
big event'
The criminal investigation is still doing a
lot of investigation into the question of which event the seven attacked terror
suspects wanted to attack. "We can not be concrete about it yet. It is clear that the
people were looking for a big event ", says national criminal investigator
Wilbert Paulissen.
During the actions of Thursday, the police
deployed about four hundred people, says the police chief.
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