(NL Times) The Rotterdam resident arrested on Thursday morning in Rotterdam-Zuid as part of an anti-terrorism operation is suspected of being “a long-standing member” of Hamas. This was reported by the German Public Prosecution Service on Thursday afternoon, which stated that a total of four suspected Hamas members were arrested that day, suspected of planning a terrorist attack.
According to the German Public Prosecution Service, the man arrested in Rotterdam by the Dutch police is a Dutch national named Nazih R. The three other suspects are Abdelhamid Al A. and Ibrahim El-R., both born in Lebanon, and Mohamed B., an Egyptian national. They were arrested in Berlin by the Berlin police.
They are “strongly suspected” of being members of the Hamas organization.
