( CNN ) -- Seven people were arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb densely populated areas in Amsterdam , Netherlands , police said Thursday . One member of the group of six men and one woman has ties to a bombing in Madrid , Spain , said Amsterdam police spokeswoman Shermain Canbamme . Late Thursday , police were still searching buildings where the arrests were made , she said . Several shopping areas and the area around a soccer stadium had been closed as a precaution . The suspects were being held at several police stations , police said , and no charges had been filed as of late Thursday night .
6 men , 1 woman arrested ; 1 man has connections to a Madrid bombing , police say . Police searching buildings where the arrests were made . Comment: