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Dutch 'terror cell plotting major suicide attack had 220lbs of fertiliser for car bomb', prosecutors says after it was revealed ringleader was released early from prison for trying to join extremists in Syria
[DailyMail] - Dutch police have arrested seven men in Arnhem and Weert on suspicion of plotting a terror attack
- Found 220lbs of fertiliser for car bomb after arrests, according to investigators
- Ringleader has been named as Iraqi Hardi N, 34, who was convicted in 2016 of plotting to join Al Qaeda in Syria along with two others
- In 2017 he had his sentence upgraded to two years on appeal, but was allowed to serve 21 of those on probation after court heard he renounced extremism
- As a condition of release, he had to speak weekly to a theologian about his views
- Two other alleged members of the terror cell also had previous convictions for terror offences, including 21-year-old Waïl el-A, who also tried to travel to Syria
- El-A is linked to N through jihadi rapper Marouane B. All three lived in Arnhem before B traveled to Syria to fight
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-09-29 |
