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Dutch police arrest man over alleged plot to kill Geert Wilders – Al Jazeera

Editor August 29, 2018

The Dutch police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of planning an attack against far-right politician Geert Wilders after he said he intended to hold a Prophet Mohammad cartoon competition.

Police said in a statement they arrested the still unidentified suspect at the main railway station in The Hague.

He was being questioned and was expected to appear before a judge on Friday, the statement said.

Police said they had been alerted by a video on Facebook in which the 26-year-old man talked about attacking anti-Islam MP Wilders, as well as the Dutch parliament.

Wilders, who announced plans for a competition of Mohammad cartoons earlier this year, said he had been told about the plot by the Netherlands’ counterterrorism police, NCTb.

The Dutch police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of planning an attack against far-right politician Geert Wilders after he said he intended to hold a Prophet Mohammad cartoon competition.

Police said in a statement they arrested the still unidentified suspect at the main railway station in The Hague.

He was being questioned and was expected to appear before a judge on Friday, the statement said.

Police said they had been alerted by a video on Facebook in which the 26-year-old man talked about attacking anti-Islam MP Wilders, as well as the Dutch parliament.

Wilders, who announced plans for a competition of Mohammad cartoons earlier this year, said he had been told about the plot by the Netherlands’ counterterrorism police, NCTb.

The head of the Netherlands’ Party for Freedom, or PVV, Wilders is known for his virulent anti-Islam statements.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has described the competition as “disrespectful” and “provocative”, even though he defended the principle of freedom of expression.

Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok also said the competition was not a government initiative.

Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed to take the issue to the UN General Assembly in September.

“Very few in the West understand the pain caused to Muslims by such blasphemous activities,” said Khan on Monday.

Last week, Pakistan’s foreign office summoned the Dutch ambassador to lodge a protest, expressing its “deep concern at this deliberate and malicious attempt to defame Islam”.(AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES)

Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/dutch-police-arrest-man-alleged-plot-kill-geert-wilders-180828201131450.html

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