AMSTERDAM – A man has been arrested after three people were killed and five wounded, some seriously, in a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht in Netherlands.
Gokmen Tanis, a 37-year-old Turkish man, was found several hours after the attack in a building about two miles (3km) from the scene.
Authorities said the attacker’s motive was unclear.
The incident sparked a city-wide manhunt and the closure of schools.
At about 10:45 local time (09:45 GMT), police were called to reports of a shooting on board one of the city’s trams at the 24 Oktoberplein junction.
One witness told local media that “a man started shooting wildly”.
Several of the injured are in a critical condition.
Another witness told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that he had helped an injured woman when the tram came to an emergency stop.
The gunman then fled the scene, leading to the manhunt which lasted for much of Monday. (BBC)
