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Police in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam have stopped a van with Spanish licence plates containing a number of gas bottles near the venue of an American rock concert that was cancelled following a "terror threat".
Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said at a hastily arranged press conference the van's driver had been detained and was being questioned on Wednesday night (local time).
Mr Aboutaleb said the concert, by Los Angeles band Allah-Las, was called off after Dutch police received a terror warning from Spanish police.
He declined to give further details on the nature of the warning or where in Spain it came from.
Spanish police have been investigating the deadly vehicle attacks last week that killed 15 people.
Allah-Las had not started performing when the decision to cancel the show was made.
Concert organiser Rotown said on Twitter the concert venue, a former grain silo, was being evacuated because of the unspecified threat and concert-goers would get their money back.
Dutch television showed officers in body armour outside the venue, Maassilo, and what appeared to be members of the band leaving in a white van with a police escort.
The band did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
Allah-Las is a four-piece band from Los Angeles.
In an interview with British newspaper The Guardian last year, band members said they chose the word Allah, Arabic for God, because they were seeking a "holy sounding" name.
They said they didn't realise it might offend Muslims.
Lead singer Miles Michaud told the newspaper the group received emails from Muslims around the world who said they were offended.
Mr Michaud said the band usually wrote back and explained its intentions were honourable.
AP
Topics: terrorism, religion-and-beliefs, music, netherlands
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