#Utrecht attack: three dead and nine injured

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Three people were killed and nine others injured in a shooting in a tram in Dutch University city of #Utrecht, the mayor said, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported.

Burgemeester Utrecht: drie doden en negen gewonden bij aanslag, volg ons liveblog https://t.co/CvMXhwDuJ3

— NOS (@NOS) March 18, 2019

Police said they were looking for a 37-year-old man of Turkish origin identified as Gokmen Tanis.

Three dead, nine injured in Utrecht shooting: mayor https://t.co/vicKwsks0n pic.twitter.com/r1csRn3kOv

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2019

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission expressed his solidarity with Dutch people during this difficult times in a telephone conversation with Prime minister Mark Rutte.

I have just spoken with @markrutte to get an update of the situation in #Utrecht. The #EU stands side by side with the #Netherlands and its people during these difficult times. My thoughts are with the wounded and their families.

— Jean-Claude Juncker (@JunckerEU) March 18, 2019

AMENDED: Five injured, but not nine, Utrecht police informed via Twitter micro blog.

Update: Not 9 but 5 people were injured by the shooting at the #24oktoberplein in #Utrecht.

— Politie Utrecht (@POL_Utrecht) March 18, 2019

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