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Dutch Police arrested a Somali-born British man on suspicion of terrorism. The man was arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport en route from England's Liverpool to Entebbe, Uganda. Reports say the man may have links with a foreign terror group, possibly Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked group, Al-Shabaab.

The police arrested him as he was already boarded his plane. Schiphol is one of Europe's largest airports, and a major transit point for flights to the Middle East and Africa. The Netherlands' investigative police is rejecting to comment the event.

But Evert Boerstra, a spokesman for the Dutch prosecutor's office, said police were tipped off by British authorities.

The head of the British secret service MI5, Jonathan Evans, said on Thursday that Al-Qaeda has begun recruiting people in Yemen and Somalia rather than Pakistan.

According to Mr Evans, the threat from Pakistan has halved, whereas Yemen and Somalia are the new hotbeds of terror.

The al-Qaida-linked group in Somalia has recruited Somali-Americans to carry out suicide bombings in Mogadishu.

The Group has already claimed two attacks hit in Kampala which killed at least 76 people watching the World Cup final game.