Several injured in shooting in Utrecht in the Netherlands

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March 18- Several people were injured in a shooting that occurred on Monday morning, 18 March, in Utrecht, a city in the center of the Netherlands, reports the Dutch police. A square housing a tram station on the outskirts of the city center was cordoned off by the police. The emergency services and the anti-terrorist brigade are on site.
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According to several local media, a person reportedly opened fire in a tram on 24 Oktoberplein. A spokesman for the police confirmed that the gunman has fled. Witnesses say that there are several shooters.

[DIRECT] Plusieurs blessés dans une fusillade à Utrecht aux Pays-Bas
 
March 18- Several people were injured in a shooting that occurred on Monday morning, 18 March, in Utrecht, a city in the center of the Netherlands, reports the Dutch police. A square housing a tram station on the outskirts of the city center was cordoned off by the police. The emergency services and the anti-terrorist brigade are on site.
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According to several local media, a person reportedly opened fire in a tram on 24 Oktoberplein. A spokesman for the police confirmed that the gunman has fled. Witnesses say that there are several shooters.

[DIRECT] Plusieurs blessés dans une fusillade à Utrecht aux Pays-Bas
If only Europe had gun control.
 
News coming in.

Dutch police have named a suspect in the 'terrorist motivated' shooting on a tram in Utrecht, which resulted in the death of at least one person and left several others injured, as a 37-year-old Turkish-born man.

If Turkish, that's unusual.
 
Could be a domestic issue; involving a woman.
Doesn’t seem to be their thinking-

We cannot exclude, in fact we are assuming, that there was a terrorist motive,’ he said. One shooter has been named but ‘we cannot exclude there being others,’ he said.

Read more at DutchNews.nl:
 
Could be a domestic issue; involving a woman.
Doesn’t seem to be their thinking-

We cannot exclude, in fact we are assuming, that there was a terrorist motive,’ he said. One shooter has been named but ‘we cannot exclude there being others,’ he said.

Read more at DutchNews.nl:


Yes, I've read about that.

But he has already had altercations with the authorities.
 

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