have any more info on this?
SKy News reports that 7 people are in custody after a number of anti-terror raids...
Seven held in anti-terror raids in the Netherlands
AMSTERDAM — Seven police were arrested during raids by elite anti-terrorism police in the Netherlands on Friday.
The operation was designed to prevent terror attacks. It was ordered by the national detective unit as part of an investigation into a terrorist organisation, a spokesperson for the office of the public prosecutor (OM) said.
The suspects were held in Almere, Amsterdam and The Hague. Six of the suspects are men, aged 18 to 30. The seventh is a 24-year-old woman. One of the men is 19-year-old Samir A., the OM spokesperson said.
A. was cleared by a court earlier this year of charges he was plotting terrorist attacks on a nuclear power station and other key installations in the Netherlands. He is considered the main suspect in the latest investigation.
Reports received by the Dutch intelligence service AIVD suggested, the OM said, that A. was trying to obtain automatic weapons and explosives.
Due to the perceived danger, Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner granted permission for the use of elite BBE-SIE police units to carry out the arrests.
Earlier on Friday, it was reported shots had been as police raided a building on the Moerweg in The Hague.
Dutch parliament buildings sealed by police
Witnesses reported seeing masked men with automatic weapons entering a flat complex. The Moerweg had been sealed off by the police. Radio 1 News was told of people hearing gunfire.
Also on Friday, police sealed off parliament buildings in The Hague.
They re-arrested Samir A. who was arrested earlier for suspected terroristic plans but released for lack of evidence.
I was there just this morning between 10 am and 1 pm local time. I parked in the "Centrum" and went walking around the area of the Parliament/Binnenhof, and the Dutch equivalent of the US Pentagon {which sits on a large public square, immediately next door to a McDonald's restaurant, believe it or not}. Security was quite high even in the Centrum and the surrounding mall complex area of 'Babylonia'...
Things were...not at all what one would call "normal" in the very immediate area of the Binnenhof...but a pair of black leather combat boots, jeans, and a square-cut black leather jacket seem to lend an effective air of "don't disturb me" in a pinch. What can I say - I guess I just look and act like I belong some places.
I am a little to the North {Rijkswijk} right now, but I will get a more complete story on this as time allows. There is something of a media blackout on this right now - coverage is quite limited and not to be considered entirely accurate. There is quite a lot more to this boys and girls - more than what is meeting the public eye. Just like Norman Oklahoma, okay?!
This is part of what I am over here for, it seems, so unfortunately I cannot share all right now. Be assured that at the moment, I am quite well and safe, however.
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