(Dutch News) At least 10 planned terrorist attacks in Europe were discovered and halted by western security services in 2023, the Dutch security service AIVD said on Tuesday.
People were arrested in the Netherlands in four of the foiled attacks, which ranged from concrete preparations to target a specific event or building, to random knifing incidents.
The claim is made in the agency’s annual report, which said jihadist movements remain the biggest terrorist threat to the Netherlands. And while there have been fewer attacks in Europe than in recent years, “certain events” can lead to violence, the AIVD said.
Two such trigger events — the war in Gaza and Koran burning by far-right groups — did take place last year and led terrorist organisations such as al-Qaida and IS to call for attacks in the west.
