A 24-year-old man was arrested in Badhoevedorp, just 20 minutes from Amsterdam, on Thursday on suspicion of preparing to launch a right-wing terror attack.
The man claims to be a member of Geuzenbond, a far-right organisation. Guezenbond encourages the “normalisation of right-wing extremist thought and making the ‘white race’ resilient through physical training” writes the Public Prosecution Service (OM).
The group also tends to target young people in the Netherlands and Belgium, according to the NOS.
Firearms found at home
The Public Prosecution Service launched an investigation into the man after the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) received a tip that he was preparing to commit terrorist violence.
A search of the man’s home in Erp found firearms and ammunition. The man was subsequently charged on suspicion of possessing and manufacturing these weapons.
He has been remanded in custody while police continue their investigation.
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