Terrorist attack thwarted at Songfestival in Rotterdam, “Dutch justice not aware”

At the beginning of 2020, Luxembourg security services thwart a terrorist attack from the extreme right -wing corner at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. The main producer of the event and the Dutch justice were not aware of the case. That writes the Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool After confirmation of the Luxembourg Justice.

Twelve years in prison in Luxembourg, the now 23-year-old Alexander H. from Sweden, was demanded this month. H. may await the ruling that will follow in November. He was arrested in February 2020, then a minor, in his house in the Luxembourg municipality of Strassen. Investigators found a document called ‘Fun Time for Eurovision 2020-for a Better and Less over-accepting future on his laptop. writes the Luxembourg TV channel RTL. The document is said to have been prepared by the Swede and a Dutch henchman. Nothing is known about that Dutchman.

Various methods for a maximum amount of victims are set out in the document. For example, the duo would have wanted to poison visitors with cyanide or ricine. They also wanted to use chlorine gas to cause panic among the crowd; Spread gas through ventilation systems and make explosives yourself. They also described plans for the infiltration of security companies in Rotterdam and the barrier of emergency exits in Rotterdam. During a raid, the police seized materials for the production of chlorine and prototypes of rockets.

In the end, the Songfestival in 2020 did not take place because of the measures to combat the Coronapandemie. A year later, the event was still overtaken in Rotterdam.

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The police detective who testified in court says H. was involved in The Base. This extreme right -wing neo -Nazi group was founded in 2018 by a former FBI employee and the US Department of Defense. According to the detective, H. was proactive within the organization and quickly climbed into a managerial position. Since July 2024 regretted The European Union The Base as a terrorist organization.

In return for Het Parool the Public Prosecution Service says it does not know anything about the case – opposite NRC Does a spokesperson want to say nothing about it. Sietse Bakker, main producer of the Songfestival in Rotterdam spoke to Het Parool of ‘new information’.

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