(NL Times) Police in the Netherlands are looking for witnesses to help connect at least a dozen beheadings in Syria a decade ago to a suspected terrorist arrested in Zuid-Holland. The suspect, nicknamed Abu Khaled al Amni, applied for asylum in the Netherlands in 2019.
The police arrested the then 37-year-old man in Arkel in January 2023. He is still in custody. When he was arrested, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) accused [him] of being a high-ranking member of both Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra. He was believed to be in a top position in the security services of both terrorist organizations at various points, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) announced.
