Terror alert at Amsterdam airport

Monday, 13 Apr, 2016 0

Two men were arrested during a suspected terror incident at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport last night.

Part of the airport’s concourse was evacuated for several hours while armed police and bomb squads combed the area.

The Sheraton hotel adjacent to the airport was also evacuated during the incident, which lasted around four hours until about 1.30am.

One man was arrested outside the entrance to the airport’s terminal building, a second was later arrested at a train station nearby.

No flights or trains were disrupted during the incident.

Dutch news reported that police had not found anything dangerous inside the luggage of the man arrested at the airport, but two men are believed to remain in police custody.



 

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Linsey McNeill

Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk



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