(Eindhoven News) The seven Eindhoven terror suspects who are still in custody may await their trial in freedom. This was decided by the judge on Thursday during a pre-trial hearing in the secure court at Schiphol. Two other suspects were previously allowed to go home.
The seven have been held for eight months in the special terrorist wing of the PI Vught. All men remain suspects in the case which will be dealt with substantively in November.
The men, aged between 20 and 31, were arrested in September last year on suspicion of preparing for a terrorist attack. They are said to have talked about a bomb attack at ASML in Veldhoven. They were also said to want to kill Geert Wilders, Mark Rutte and Thierry Baudet, and to sympathise with terror group IS.