Dutch police arrest two (Methodist?) terror suspects
Dutch police have charged two men taken off a flight from the United States with “preparation of a terrorist attack”, ABC News reported on Monday, citing US and Dutch law enforcement officials.
A spokesman for the Dutch public prosecutor told the news network that the men were arrested “at the request of American authorities”, adding that “the investigation is ongoing”.
Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi, left, and Hezem al Murisi, were taken off a United Airlines flight in the Netherlands and have been charged by Dutch police with “preparation of a terrorist attack,” according to a U.S. law enforcement …
ABC News identified the men as Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al-Soofi and Hezam al-Murisi, and said Soofi was from Yemen, citing one of the man’s neighbours.
The men were apparently allowed to board a United Airlines flight from Chicago, Illinois to Amsterdam despite a slew of security concerns, beginning in Birmingham, Alabama, where Soofi appears to have started his journey. (ABC)
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