Police in Netherlands are investigating "terrorist motive" after three people died and several others were injured in shooting on a tram in Utrecht today. The shooting was reported at multiple locations, news agency Reuters reported. "A shooting occurred on the 24 Oktoberplein in Utrecht... Multiple people have been injured. The surrounding area has been cordoned off and we are investigating the matter," the police said on Twitter. The head of the Dutch national counter-terrorism service, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, said on that he was having "crisis consultations", adding: "Terrorist motive not excluded. Information not yet full," news agency AFP reported. The gunman is on the run. The police did not rule out the possibility there might more than one attackers.
"It is a shooting incident in a tram. Several trauma helicopters have been deployed to provide help", the police said.
Local media showed photographs of masked, armed police and emergency vehicles surrounding a tram that had stopped near a road bridge. Tram traffic in the area was halted, operator Qbuzz was quoted as saying by the ANP news agency.
"A possible terrorist motive is part of the investigation", Utrecht police said on Twitter.
The head of the Dutch national counter-terrorism service, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, said on Twitter that he was having "crisis consultations", adding: "Terrorist motive not excluded. Information not yet full."
Here are the updates on the shooting in Netherlands
De politie vraagt u uit te kijken naar de 37-jarige Gokman Tanis (geboren in Turkije) in verband met het incident vanmorgen aan het #24oktoberplein in Utrecht.
- Politie Utrecht (@PolitieUtrecht) March 18, 2019
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