Dutch police on Tuesday arrested two women who joined the Islamic State group in Syria after they were deported by Turkey to the Netherlands, prosecutors said. The women, one of whom has two young children, were being held on terror charges following their arrival at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, the prosecution service said in a statement.

Dutch police arrest two female Islamic State members

Road and train traffic was also stopped by the authorities in order to ensure the safety of travellers

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The victims were from the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium

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'Man at Schiphol shot at by the military police, after he made threats with a knife. Situation safe,' the military police said in a tweet

Dutch police open fire on man with knife at Schiphol airport, tweet 'situation safe'