03-18-2019, 12:47 PM
Netherlands
Three people were killed and 5 injured after a gunman opened fire on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht.
Police said they are investigating a possible terrorist motive for the incident, which took place at around 10:45 a.m.
Dutch anti-terror coordinator Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg told a press conference a “complex operation” was under way to find the shooter. Aalbersberg raised the alert level in Utrecht province to its maximum level after the incident.
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Utrecht police later issued a CCTV picture of the suspect ^, whom they named as Turkish-born Gökmen Tanis, aged 37, and warned people not to approach him.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told public broadcaster NOS that it was "very disturbing news."
Rutte later held a press conference in which he said "an act of terror is an attack on our open and tolerant society. If it is an act of terror, there is only one answer: our rule of law and democracy is stronger than violence."
If this is ultimately confirmed to be a terrorist attack, I'll cross-reference it in the "TERRORIST ATTACKS" thread.
Hopefully, Dutch authorities will be able to apprehend this murderer and any accomplices before he hurts/kills anyone else.
Ref: https://www.politico.eu/article/police-m...n-utrecht/
Three people were killed and 5 injured after a gunman opened fire on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht.
Police said they are investigating a possible terrorist motive for the incident, which took place at around 10:45 a.m.
Dutch anti-terror coordinator Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg told a press conference a “complex operation” was under way to find the shooter. Aalbersberg raised the alert level in Utrecht province to its maximum level after the incident.
Utrecht police later issued a CCTV picture of the suspect ^, whom they named as Turkish-born Gökmen Tanis, aged 37, and warned people not to approach him.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told public broadcaster NOS that it was "very disturbing news."
Rutte later held a press conference in which he said "an act of terror is an attack on our open and tolerant society. If it is an act of terror, there is only one answer: our rule of law and democracy is stronger than violence."
If this is ultimately confirmed to be a terrorist attack, I'll cross-reference it in the "TERRORIST ATTACKS" thread.
Hopefully, Dutch authorities will be able to apprehend this murderer and any accomplices before he hurts/kills anyone else.
Ref: https://www.politico.eu/article/police-m...n-utrecht/