Dutch police arrest seven and say they have foiled extremist attack

Dutch police have arrested seven men who are suspected of plotting a large-scale extremist attack in the Netherlands that prosecutors say they think has been foiled.

Police say the men were trying to source automatic weapons, hand grenades and bomb materials and planned to carry out an attack at a large public event.

The national prosecutor's office said in a statement that the men were arrested by heavily-armed police in the towns of Arnhem and Weert.