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Armed cops rushed to Rotterdam Central Station in Holland this morning at around 8.30am local time.

Eyewitnesses described how the suspect jumped on the Amsterdam to Paris train and said he "had a bomb" before locking himself in the bathroom.

Five policemen with machine guns arrived on the platform and tried to restore calm among the distressed passengers.

Negotiators talked to the man while he was inside the train toilet.

A SWAT team and an anti-terrorist unit pulled passengers off the train at 8.30 local time.

Train operator Thalys tweeted: "Evacuation Thalys Rotterdam. Passenger locked himself in WC. Police have everything under control. No risk for our passengers."

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A businessman travelling on the train said: "The man got onto to the train and headed straight for the toilet. He was heard to say he had a bomb.

"A message came over the tannoy, telling us all to get off the train as quickly as possible. Then there were armed tactical police everywhere."

Police later established that the man was unarmed – and the terror alert was stood down. The man has now been arrested and detained.

Soon after 9am, a Dutch police spokesman said: "After an evacuation and search, it was established that the man was unarmed. The terror alert is over."

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Tensions are running high in western Europe after 26-year-old Moroccan Ayoub El Kahzani – armed with an AK-47 – was taken down on a packed train also on the Amsterdam to Paris service last month.

A Brit and two off-duty US servicemen saved fellow passengers from what was likely to be mass fatalities on that occasion.

He remains in custody and security has been stepped up on all major European rail services.