(NL Times) Geert Wilders is reportedly on the target list of a terrorist cell arrested in Belgium on Thursday. The PVV leader has pulled out of an election debate on NOS on Friday afternoon as a precaution.
A journalist from the Belgian commercial broadcaster VTM Nieuws reported, based on information received, that Wilders’ name appeared on the terrorism suspects’ list along with the Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and Antwerp Mayor Els Van Doesburg.
The Netherlands’ National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) has not commented on the matter, NOS reports. But Wilders has decided to play it safe and stay out of the public view for the time being. “It is now being investigated whether this report is correct or not,” Wilders wrote on X. “Until I know, I’m not going anywhere.”
