[The Utrecht police has also issued a photo of the suspect identified as Gokman Tanis. (Photo: Utrecht Police/Twitter)]
The Hague (Netherlands): Three people were killed and nine injured in a shooting in a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht, the Mayor said Monday, adding that authorities were working on the basis of it being a terror attack.
"Three people have been killed in the shooting. Dutch police have identified a 37-year-old Turkish man as the suspect, who is still on the run", the Mayor said appealing to citizens to look out for him.
The Utrecht police has also issued a photo of the suspect identified as Gokman Tanis asking the general public to inform about him. "Do not approach him yourself, but immediately call the authorities", the police warned.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the incident, just days ahead of local elections, was "deeply disturbing" and police stepped up security at mosques and airports.
A body covered in a sheet could be seen on the tracks in Utrecht as armed police and emergency services swarmed around the scene, while helicopters hovered overhead, according to AFP.
"We cannot exclude a terrorist motive," the head of the Dutch national counter-terrorism service, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, told a brief news conference before rushing off for a crisis meeting.
According to Dutch broadcaster NOS, police surrounded a building where the suspected gunman was believed to be holed up.
“We are still not able to rule out a terrorist motive,” said Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV).
The Utrecht shooting took place three days after a gunman, identified as a white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, stormed into a mosque and an Islamic centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 Muslim worshipers.
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