Amsterdam airport partially evacuated, man detained
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[QUOTE]THE HAGUE: Amsterdam's Schiphol airport was partially evacuated late Tuesday (Apr 12) and one person arrested amid an unspecified security alert, an airport spokeswoman told AFP.
"Police have evacuated part of the airport plaza and the adjacent Sheraton Hotel and arrested one person amid a suspicious situation," spokeswoman Danielle Timmer told AFP, adding she had no further information.
Television images showed heavily-armed Dutch special military police, wearing balaclavas, patrolling the airport which has been on high alert since the Mar 22 attacks in Brussels.
Military police spokesman Alfred Ellwanger told AFP that "around 9:45 pm (3.45am Singapore time Wednesday) a man was arrested on the square in front of the main entrance to the airport's plaza". "The bomb disposal squad is also on the scene and they are checking the man's luggage," he said.[/QUOTE]
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