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| Terrorism suspect with loaded Kalashnikov & ISIS flag arrested in Rotterdam – reports | |
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| Police have arrested a man in the Dutch city of Rotterdam suspected of planning a terrorist attack, local media reports. Law enforcement found a Kalashnikov assault rifle and an Islamic State flag while raiding the man’s house. | Police have arrested a man in the Dutch city of Rotterdam suspected of planning a terrorist attack, local media reports. Law enforcement found a Kalashnikov assault rifle and an Islamic State flag while raiding the man’s house. |
| According to various Dutch media outlets, the suspect in question was arrested back on Wednesday, when an anti-terrorist unit raided his house and found a Kalashnikov assault rifle with two full magazines. | According to various Dutch media outlets, the suspect in question was arrested back on Wednesday, when an anti-terrorist unit raided his house and found a Kalashnikov assault rifle with two full magazines. |
| An Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) flag was also found in the 30-year-old man’s apartment.Special forces also seized four boxes containing explosive materials, the suspect’s mobile phone, and some 1,600 euro. | An Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) flag was also found in the 30-year-old man’s apartment.Special forces also seized four boxes containing explosive materials, the suspect’s mobile phone, and some 1,600 euro. |
| According to the local Limburger media outlet, police initially received a tip off from Holland’s Algemene Inlichtingen-en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) intelligence agency. | According to the local Limburger media outlet, police initially received a tip off from Holland’s Algemene Inlichtingen-en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) intelligence agency. |
| The man will be in custody for two weeks, according to the Dutch media outlet Telegraaf. | |
| While speaking at the meeting of the Ministers of the Organization for the Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday, Austria’s minister of foreign affairs warned of a rising threat of terrorism in Europe. | |
| The chief of Britain’s MI6 Intelligence service told reporters during a public address in London that jihadists “are plotting ways to project violence against the UK” and its allies. | |
| In October, the head of the German Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Hans-Georg Maassen, warned in a radio interview that Europe may face a backlash from the international coalition’s successes against jihadists in Syria and Iraq. | |
| Maassen said that, confronted by the offensive, Islamic State “may alert its supporters in Europe, that it can lead to violent attacks.” |