According to Dutch authorities, two shooting attacks took place in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday. The scenes of the shooting Thursday afternoon were a university clinic and an apartment in Rotterdam. Two people were killed and one was seriously injured.
According to the police, a 32-year-old suspect was arrested near the hospital. The man from Rotterdam is suspected of having committed both crimes alone. A motive is not yet known, but according to the police it was a “targeted action”.
The shooting is said to have occurred on Thursday afternoon, the police announced in a statement at 5:30 p.m. Two fires were also reported in connection with the shooting.
On Thursday evening, the Rotterdam police announced during the press conference that the suspected perpetrator was a student at Erasmus University.
The victims are a 39-year-old woman who was shot in the apartment and a 46-year-old university teacher. A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured. The girl is said to be the daughter of the deceased woman.
According to police and media reports, the incident unfolded as follows: Shots were fired in an apartment in the west of the city on Thursday afternoon. Shortly afterwards the building was set on fire. Shots were also fired in a lecture hall at the Erasmus Hospital, 1.5 kilometers away. A fire broke out there too.
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Nothing can yet be said about the motive for the crime. The alleged perpetrator is already known to the law and has been prosecuted for animal abuse.
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