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In this image made from video provided by Media TV, personnel respond to a stabbing incident late Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the port city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Media TV via AP)

Dutch prosecutors say man arrested after fatal stabbing is suspected of a terrorist motive

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

In this Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

Dutch city to take down bridge temporarily to accommodate Jeff Bezos’ new yacht

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video, demonstrators protest against government restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Police fired warning shots, injuring an unknown number of people, as riots broke out Friday night in downtown Rotterdam at a demonstration against plans by the government to restrict access for unvaccinated people to some venues. (Media TV Rotterdam via AP)

Dutch police open fire on rioters protesting COVID-19 restrictions

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, demonstrators protest against government restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Police fired warning shots, injuring an unknown number of people, as riots broke out Friday night in downtown Rotterdam at a demonstration against plans by the government to restrict access for unvaccinated people to some venues. (Media TV Rotterdam via AP)

Riots erupt at COVID-19 protest in Rotterdam

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Members of the Maneskin from Italy Thomas Raggi, from left, Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis and Ethan Torchio pose on stage with the trophy after winning the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, May 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Rock band Maneskin wins Eurovision Song Contest for Italy

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

A person on a stretcher is removed from Carnival's Holland America cruise ship Zaandam at Port Everglades during the new coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Those passengers that are fit for travel in accordance with guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control will be permitted to disembark. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida finally takes cruise passengers, some on stretchers

By KELLI KENNEDY and WILFREDO LEE - Associated Press

Two cruise ships are anchored offshore past a lifeguard tower, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Ships with coronavirus patients dock in Florida

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and FREIDA FRISARO - Associated Press

Passengers look out from the Zaandam cruise ship, anchored in the bay of Panama City, Friday, March 27, 2020. Several passengers have died aboard the cruise ship and a few people aboard the ship have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the cruise line said Friday, with hundreds of passengers unsure how long they will remain at sea. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Ron DeSantis stands ground as Zaandam, Rotterdam coronavirus cruise ships approach Florida

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Kelli Kennedy - Associated Press

In this March 28, 2020 photo provided by Juan Huergo, Laura Gabaroni and her husband Juan Huergo take a selfie on board a tender after they were evacuated from the Zaandam, a Holland American cruise ship, near the Panama Canal. The Orlando- area couple was transferred to the Rotterdam, together with others who were deemed healthy. Four people have died on board the Zaandam and many others have are suffering from flu-like symptoms. (Juan Huergo via AP)

Florida docking plan in the works for ill-fated cruise ships

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and KELLI KENNEDY - Associated Press

Panamanian Navy Police navigate near the anchored Zaandam cruise ship, carrying some guests with flu-like symptoms, after it arrived to the bay of Panama City, Friday, March 27, 2020, amid the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus. Health authorities are expected to board the ship to test passengers and decide whether it can cross the Panama Canal. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

4 passengers dead aboard cruise ship anchored off Panama

By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ and TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

Dutch appeals court overturns Rotterdam city’s catcall ban

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Dutch city of Rotterdam to host 2020 Eurovision Song Contest

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Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland plays a shot against Gael Monfils of France in the men's singles final of the ABN AMRO world tennis tournament at Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Wawrinka loses his 1st final since comeback from knee injury

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Dutch police report city’s 2nd alleged terror plot in 2 days

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5 arrested in suspected Dutch terror attack plot

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Tributes are placed on a table in an apartment block in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Friday Dec. 14, 2018, where American student Sarah Papenheim lived. Papenheim, a 21-year-old psychology student at Erasmus University, was fatally stabbed at her home on Wednesday. Police say a 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in her death. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

Slain US student texted friend about roommate’s threat

By AMY FORLITI and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

In this image taken from video a van is examined behind a cordoned-off area in Rotterdam, Wednesday Aug. 23, 2017, after a concert by an American rock band was cancelled Wednesday night following a threat, the city's mayor said. Police detained the driver of a van with Spanish license plates carrying a number of gas tanks inside. (RTL via AP)

Dutch police detain suspect in concert terror threat

By MIKE CORDER and SYLVAIN PLAZY - Associated Press

Spectators are checked by security guards as the enter a club for a concert by the American Allah-Las rock band, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. The band's concert in Rotterdam, The Netherlands was cancelled at the last minute by the police on Wednesday due to a terror threat. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

The Latest: Band hopes to reschedule Rotterdam concert

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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, Miles Michaud, lead singer of the California band Allah-Las, performs during the second and last day of the Corona Capital Music Festival in Mexico City. A rock venue in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam says it has cancelled a concert by American rock group Allah-Las because of a “terror threat.” Concert organizer Rotown says on Twitter that the concert on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 at the Maassilo venue was cancelled on orders of the police because of the threat. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, file)

The Latest: Stopped van thought unrelated to Spain attacks

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Rotterdam Allah-Las concert canceled after police find van filled with ‘gas bottles’ near venue

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times