Terror Alert in Amsterdam: Two Men Arrested

Amsterdam / Washington (AP) – After a terror warning from the U.S. have been arrested at the airport in Amsterdam for two Yemenis suspected of preparing attacks on aircraft. One of them is when flying in the U.S. a fake bomb in the trunk have been.

Terror alert in Amsterdam: Two men arrested

The two men living in America has long been suspected because of U.S. information of a terrorist conspiracy, prosecutor Theo d’Anjou told reporters on Tuesday at Schiphol Airport. Monday morning they were on an aircraft of United Airlines from Chicago arrived and was immediately fixed.

According to U.S. figures have one of the suspects in the United States a suitcase for a flight connection to Washington abandoned, in which among other things, one was a plastic bottle with a cell phone glued together, the prosecutor said. The design looked like a fake bomb, told the ABC and the “New York Times”. Moreover, were in the bag, a carpet knife, was discovered three other knives, and other cell phones glued together and watches.

US-terrorism investigators examined whether the man wanted to explore vulnerabilities at U.S. flights, it said in circles of Dutch investigators. The case in question was not aboard the plane from Chicago, with the Yemenis flew to Amsterdam. They wanted to change to an aircraft in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.

Whether the men are accused actually was, but still completely unclear, said the deputy public prosecutor. This will only be seen if, after further hearings and specific information from the U.S. authorities in the coming days may be brought before a judge.

During the flight to Amsterdam is from the Yemenis apparently assumed no risk, said a spokeswoman for the Dutch Authority for Combating Terrorism (NCTB). They had no prohibited items here, including in their luggage had been discovered anything illegal.

In Washington, U.S. President spokesman Robert Gibbs announced a thorough investigation to clarify to all the circumstances that led to the arrests. “The intelligence community and law enforcement are working hard.” The Yemenis are fighting terrorism in the United States was not known and there never noticed before.

The case with the suspicious objects had let the U.S. since 1997 in Alabama, living Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al-Soofi at Birmingham (Alabama) for various flights over Chicago and Washington through corners up to Sanaa. Inspectors had been taking off, according to the U.S. television network ABC discovered the suspicious contents.

Because the case, however, contained no explosives and items are not prohibited per se, we have approved the baggage. During a search of Al-Soofis security forces found these claims to $ 7,000 in cash, which is not a violation of regulations. Attention was turned to the man, because, despite intense heat in Alabama wore some clothes.

Alerted the U.S. authorities were really after information from investigators circles, as it turned out that al-Soofi in Chicago was not increased in the machine to Washington, who was in his suitcase with the phone’s plastic bottle design. The baggage was unloaded again.

Instead of going to Washington to accommodate the onward journey to Dubai to Sanaa, the suspect in the United flight to Amsterdam had increased, it is hot. Previously, he had met on the Chicago O’Hare Airport the Yemeni al-Hezem Murisier who then flew to Amsterdam with him. At the local arrest if the men had made no resistance, authorities said.