Friday, October 14, 2005
Dutch police make terror arrests
BBC NEWS |
"Police in The Netherlands have made seven anti-terror arrests in three cities, as security forces ringed government offices in The Hague.
Six men and a woman were detained in raids in The Hague, Amsterdam and nearby Almere, the national prosecutor's office said.
They include one man recently acquitted of planning terror attacks.
Police did not comment on reports of gunshots in The Hague during Friday's arrest operation.
Riot police moved in to strengthen security at the Binnenhof castle in the city where Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and others have offices."
