Driver held as Spanish-registered van containing gas bottles is found after tipoff from police in SpainPolice in Rotterdam detained the driver of a van with Spanish licence plates and a number of gas tanks inside after a concert by the US rock band Allah-Las was cancelled following a terrorism warning. The Dutch city’s mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb, said at a hastily arranged press conference that the van’s Spanish driver was being questioned by police. “It still has to be established that there was a link between the van and the threat. Rotterdam police said they took the information about a threat “seriously enough that after discussion with organisers it was decided to cancel the event”. Their band’s label, Mexican Summer, said: “Due to a potential terror threat at the Maassilo in Rotterdam, the Allah-Las show was cancelled tonight.

Source: The Guardian August 23, 2017 20:20 UTC