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Seven arrested for threats on Amsterdam buildings
12 Mar 2009 21:39:26 GMT
 Source: Reuters
AMSTERDAM, March 12 (Reuters) - Dutch police arrested seven people on Thursday on suspicion of threatening to blow up several buildings in an Amsterdam suburb, including a furniture store and a concert hall, authorities said.

Authorities said the six men and one woman arrested were Dutch with Moroccan backgrounds. The arrests took place in Amsterdam but house raids were also conducted in Brussels. (Reporting by Reed Stevenson and Aaron Gray-Block)


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