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23rd Aug 2017

Rock concert in Rotterdam cancelled after ‘terror threat’ tip off

JOE

Police have said an investigation is under way, but no arrests have been made.

According to The Irish Times, a concert in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam was cancelled on Wednesday night after a terror threat was issued.

American rock group Allah-Las were supposed to play the Maassilo venue in central Rotterdam but the concert was cancelled after a van was found near the concert venue.

The mayor of Rotterdam said the driver of the van was from Spain and has been detained after being given a warning from police.

Mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb said that police had stopped a van that had a Spanish licence plate and contained a number of gas bottles and an investigation is currently under way.

The show hadn’t started yet when the decision to cancel the concert took place.

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