Dutch police arrest seven suspected of planning attack

AMSTERDAM (AP) Police in the Netherlands say they've broken up what may have been a terrorist plot to attack stores in Amsterdam, including an Ikea.

Among the seven people arrested in the case is a relative of one of the terrorists who died in the 2004 bombings in Madrid.

Amsterdam's mayor says an anonymous tip to police warned that terrorists planned to set off explosives in shops to cause casualties in busy places.

The tip last night came through an unregistered cell phone and identified a suspect and locations for police to search.

Earlier today, authorities in Amsterdam shut down a major shopping street near a Soccer stadium, sealed off an Ikea and canceled a concert by the American group, "The Killers." The suspects are identified as six men and one woman. All are Dutch nationals of Moroccan ancestry.

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