On Wednesday evening, Dutch police arrested two brothers in Stein, not far from the Belgian border, who are suspected of plotting an act of terrorism. The public prosecutor’s office made the announcement without giving further details about the duo’s plans.
The brothers of Syrian origin are 20 and 22 years old and are currently only allowed to have contact with their lawyer.
The brothers had been under investigation after the public prosecutor’s office received information about them from the Dutch intelligence service (AIVD) this week, the public prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The two men were arrested on Wednesday evening in Stein in the province of Limburg, near Maastricht. 7sur7