Police In Netherlands Arrest 7 Suspected In Terrorist Plot To Attack 'Large Event'

Police In Netherlands Arrest 7 Suspected In Terrorist Plot To Attack 'Large Event' Enlarge this image toggle caption Netherlands Police via AP Netherlands Police via AP Dutch authorities have arrested seven men they believe were plotting to carry out a major terrorist attack against "a large event in the Netherlands." Heavily armed police arrested the suspects in Arnhem, about 60 miles south of the capital, Amsterdam, and Weert, near the Dutch border with Germany and Belgium, the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service said in a statement. It said the plan was thought to involve bombs, including a car bomb, grenades and Kalashnikov assault rifles at two separate locations at an unspecified "large event" with the goal of producing "many victims." "In a sense it is serious, but luckily it's also good news - a terrorist cell that was plotting an attack has been taken down," he said.