Two Men Held in Amsterdam Said Unlikely to Be Planning a Terrorist Attack

Two men being held by authorities in Amsterdam after arriving on a flight from the U.S. are unlikely to have been planning a terrorist attack, two U.S. law enforcement officials said.

Dutch authorities earlier had said the two men, of Yemeni descent, were being held on possible involvement in preparing a terrorist act after arriving in Amsterdam yesterday.

The pair was detained after baggage screeners found a mobile phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle and other phones and watches strapped together, said one of the U.S. law-enforcement officials.

The men didn’t know each other, according to the two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. There’s no evidence to suggest terrorism, they said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Justin Blum in Washington at jblum4@bloomberg.net

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