Ulm, Germany - Dutch police have made another arrest in
connection with a terrorism scare at a Rotterdam concert the night
before, according to a Dutch media report Thursday.
It would be the second arrest linked to the scare, although
authorities told public broadcaster NOS that an arrest Wednesday
night was probably unrelated to the incident.
Authorities closed off a venue where the US band Allah-Las was set to
play in front of around 1 000 spectators. Rotterdam mayor Ahmed
Aboutaleb said at a press conference that night that a van full of
gas canisters was found near the concert venue.
The new arrest came around 2 am (0000 GMT) in the town of
Nordbrabant, which lies near the Belgian border. A 22-year-old man
was arrested in his home, which was searched, reported NOS.
At the same time, NOS reported that an initial arrest at the site of
the concert was probably not related to the case.
That arrest was of a Spanish mechanic with the truck full of gas
canisters. Authorities have said he was drunk and that there was a
reasonable explanation for his cargo.
Authorities in Spain have said that there was, so far, no link
between the Rotterdam incident and last week's terrorist attack in
Barcelona, according to a report in El Mundo.