Amsterdam to beef up security after Barcelona attacks

Amsterdam is beefing up its security measures following the deadly Barcelona terror attacks two weeks ago, including looking at shortening lines at major attractions, the city’s mayor says Thursday.

Mayor Eberhard van der Laan says he and law enforcement officials have spoken “with several large tourist attractions about the current terror threat.”

“The meeting was organized because of the recent attacks in Spain” that left 16 people dead, Van der Laan says in a letter, published on the Amsterdam’s city council’s website.

The Netherlands has so far been spared the terror strikes that have rocked its European neighbors recently.

But top Dutch security and intelligence officials have been keeping a wary eye on events.

— AFP