12 Somalis arrested amid terror attack fears

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AMSTERDAM – Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said. The men, aged 19 to 48, were detained on a tip from intelligence services that they were planning an attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the alleged target, but Rotterdam is Europe’s biggest port and a hub of maritime commerce, with huge oil and gas storage facilities and dozens of massive docks. European officials stepped up security around the holidays this year after a Nigerian man in 2009 left Amsterdam Airport on Christmas Day and allegedly tried to blow up a plane over Detroit with…

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12 Somalis arrested amid terror attack fears

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