The arrest of a 32-year-old French citizen in the Netherlands on Sunday is tied to the arrest of another man, Reda Kriket, who was described as being in the advanced stages of planning a terror attack on France, according to France’s interior minister, the Dutch government and French media.
The 32-year-old was arrested in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on suspicion of involvement in planning a terrorist attack, Dutch national police said.
Dutch police said that the arrest came at the request of the French Justice Ministry on Friday.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve released a statement congratulating French and Dutch police for arrests that “foil[ed] an attack on our soil.”