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| THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch police arrested a 32-year-old Frenchman in the port city of Rotterdam on Sunday at the request of French authorities who suspect him of “involvement in planning a terror attack,” prosecutors said. | THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch police arrested a 32-year-old Frenchman in the port city of Rotterdam on Sunday at the request of French authorities who suspect him of “involvement in planning a terror attack,” prosecutors said. |
| Residents were evacuated from homes near addresses on two streets that were raided Sunday by anti-terror police, who also took three other men into custody. | Residents were evacuated from homes near addresses on two streets that were raided Sunday by anti-terror police, who also took three other men into custody. |
| French officials requested the arrest Friday after the suspect emerged during an investigation, according to a statement from the Dutch national prosecutor’s office. | French officials requested the arrest Friday after the suspect emerged during an investigation, according to a statement from the Dutch national prosecutor’s office. |
| The arrest was part of a broad intelligence operation to thwart a plot to stage an attack in France, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement. | |
| The suspect is believed linked to a Frenchman arrested in the Paris region last week, Reda Kriket, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. The interior ministry said another person was detained in Belgium on Saturday in the case. | |
| An official with the Paris prosecutor’s office said there is no sign of a link at this stage between Kriket’s purported plot and a network behind the attacks in Brussels and Paris in recent months. | |
| The Paris official and Dutch prosecutors’ spokesman Wim de Bruin declined to give more details about the alleged plot. | |
| The suspect, whose identity was not released, is expected to be extradited to France soon. | The suspect, whose identity was not released, is expected to be extradited to France soon. |
| Three other men were detained in Sunday’s raids; two with Algerian backgrounds and a third man whose identity could not immediately be established. | Three other men were detained in Sunday’s raids; two with Algerian backgrounds and a third man whose identity could not immediately be established. |
| De Bruin said the three were being held in relation to a Dutch investigation, but he gave no further details. | |
| The raids came with Europe on high alert following last week’s deadly suicide bombings in Brussels. | The raids came with Europe on high alert following last week’s deadly suicide bombings in Brussels. |
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| Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report. | Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report. |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |