TIL Desk/World/Utrecht/ Three people were killed, while several others were injured during a shooting inside a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday, the police confirmed. The Utrecht police took to Twitter saying, “The picture at present is that there are 3 dead and 5 injured.
# 24oktoberplein #utrecht”Dutch police on Monday arrested the suspect in a shooting, a police chief said. “We have just been informed that the suspect has been arrested,” Utrecht police chief Rob van Bree told a news conference.
Police had earlier said they were searching for Turkish-born suspect Gokmen Tanis, 37, and issued a picture of him.”National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism is monitoring the situation in #Utrecht. In close contact with local authorities.
We cannot rule out the terrorist motive. The crisis team is activated,” co-ordinator Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg tweeted. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who dubbed the incident as “deeply disturbing,” said in a statement, “Our country was startled today by an attack in Utrecht. The police and the Public Prosecution Service are investigating what exactly happened.”
