Terror Averted in Rotterdam

A tip from Spanish authorities saves Dutch lives.

 

Matthew Vadum August 24, 2017 8

 

Authorities in the Netherlands foiled an apparent Muslim terrorist plot to attack a concert venue in Rotterdam while an American rock band with an Islamic-sounding name was performing there.

Authorities shut down the scheduled performance by Los Angeles act Allah-Las at a 1,000-person capacity club called Maassilo......After being tipped off by Spanish police, on Wednesday Rotterdam police and counter-terrorism personnel located a van near the Maassilo venue bearing Spanish license plates and that reportedly contained “gas bottles.” The driver, a Spaniard, was detained, after he was observed by police going to and from the concert site repeatedly..........Of course, the foreign-born Muslim mayor of Rotterdam urged people not to connect the dots...............Islamists themselves are increasingly targeting music venues.........

• ......bombing of the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, on May 22 that claimed 22 innocent lives..........
• Nov. 13, 2015.....130 people were killed in Paris.... more than 300 were injured around the city.......
• England has been a hotbed of Muslim terrorist activity, with at least three deadly, mass-casualty events so far this year.....
• Westminster Bridge, London.  Five people lost their lives and almost 50 were injured.......
• Feb. 3, there was a machete attack on a soldier at the Louvre in Paris.
• March 18, a man was killed when he tried to seize a police officer’s gun at Paris Orly Airport.
• April 20, police were fired on at the Champs-Élysées. Islamic State claimed responsibility..
•  June 6 a police officer was attacked with a hammer outside Notre-Dame Cathedral.......
• June 19 there was a car ramming attack on a police vehicle at the Champs-Élysées........
• August 9, a car was driven into soldiers in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, injuring six.
• Stockholm, Sweden (5 dead, 14 injured) and the July 28 mass-stabbing at a supermarket in Hamburg, Germany (1 dead, 6 injured).........
•  St. Petersburg, Russia, with 15 victims killed and 87 injured..........To Read More.....