Dutch Raise Terror Threat Over Syria Fighters

The Dutch government has raised its terror threat level over fears Dutch citizens are fighting in Syria and returning radicalised.

They fear its citizens who have been fighting in the war-torn Middle Eastern country will be traumatised and may be more likely to commit domestic terror acts.

The Netherlands' National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism said in a statement: "The chance of an attack in the Netherlands or against Dutch interests abroad has risen.

"From Europe as a whole, hundreds have made the journey, many of whom are joining local armed groups.

"These Jihadist travellers can return to the Netherlands highly radicalised, traumatised and with a strong desire to commit violence, thus posing a significant threat to this country."

Counter-terror chief Dick Schoof said that nearly 100 people had travelled from the Netherlands to Africa and the Middle East, mainly to Syria.

He said that several fighters had already returned to the Netherlands.

The warning comes just two months before hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on Amsterdam for mass celebrations for the investiture of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, as the country's new king.

Many of those who have fought in Syria will have been left traumatised

It follows the abdication of Queen Beatrix last month.

The government said there were signs of increasing radicalisation among Dutch youth at home.

In addition, a number of Dutch citizens who had gone abroad to fight for Jihadist causes could also present problems for internal security.

It said the two factors were the key reasons for lifting its threat level to substantial, the second-highest level on the four-step scale, just below "critical."

Mr Schoof said the Dutch citizens who had been to Syria to fight and had returned were known and were "being monitored."

Government terror experts also say that political upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East are giving terror networks room to grow.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said Syria was now the 'number one' destination for British extremists wanting to train in guns and explosives.

He has said that there is a danger that fanatics would then return home and carry out terror attacks on UK soil.

Meanwhile, Mr Hague has also pledged to support some rebels in their fight against Syrian president Bashar al Assad.

Newswire Reuters has reported that many have left Britain to fight in Syria for the anti-Assad faction Al-Nusra, which the US has named as a terrorist group.

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