(NL Times) There is still a realistic chance of a terrorist attack occurring in the Netherlands, the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV) reported on Tuesday in the half-yearly report on this matter. Previous concerns were repeated in the report, including that young people can be quickly radicalized online by right-extremist and jihadist groups.
The NCTV puts all the terroristic threats in a row in the Dreigingsbeeld Terrorisme Nederland and then bases the threat level on this. This can be as low as level one (minimal) to level five (critical). The threat level is currently at level four.
NCTV investigators have seen that jihadists are also active online in the Netherlands. These are usually networks of young men. The risk is that one of these or a small group becomes involved in terroristic attacks. The NCTV is also seeing similar developments from right-wing extremist groups.
