Rotterdam police arrest 'terror suspect' with gun, fireworks

Rotterdam police have arrested a man found with a loaded AK-47 Kalashnikov and illegal fireworks who is "suspected of preparing for a terrorist crime," prosecutors said today.

The 30-year-old was detained on Wednesday after police found the gun, two loaded magazines and four boxes of illegal fireworks during a raid on his apartment in the busy port city, they said in a statement.

They also seized a painting with a picture of the flag used by the so-called Islamic State.