Update Only the main suspect of the Utrecht shooting, Gökmen T., is still detained. Two other suspects who were arrested in the aftermath are now free.
That is what the Utrecht mayor Jan van Zanen reports to the NOS. T. was arrested on Monday. Last night it was announced that a third suspect had been arrested, but according to Van Zanen it was someone who did not stay behind the police ribbon..
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At the shooting yesterday, three people were killed and five injured. Van Bree from the Central Netherlands police said he did not yet know whether there was a relationship between the shooter and the victims. "We keep all scenarios open."
In Nieuwsuur, a witness of the shooting said that the perpetrator had called Allahu Akbar. Van Bree told Pauw & Jinek that he could not confirm that. He did not want to say anything about the identity of the victims, although more is becoming clear about them through other channels. One of the three fatalities is a father of three children and a trainer at sports club C.O.V. Desto, the club has announced on its own website. At the high school of two of his children, all tests and deadlines will expire in the coming days. A second victim is a 19-year-old woman from Vianen.
24 Octoberplein released
The police released the area around 24 Oktoberplein in Utrecht around midnight. The tram has driven to a depot and remains available for investigation, the police tweeted. The trams on the section in Utrecht where the shooting took place on Monday will run according to the normal timetable again on Tuesday, reports public transport company U-OV.
The area around the apartment on the Oudenoord where the suspect was arrested yesterday is still closed. Police is present. The emergency hospital at UMC Utrecht has now been closed.
Flags half-mast on government buildings
The flags at government buildings hang half-mast Tuesday after the fatal shooting in a tram in Utrecht. The flag instruction applies to municipalities, provinces and Dutch diplomatic missions abroad.
The royal standard (flag) that is hoisted on the palaces of the Royal House, will be given a black pennant on Tuesday as a sign of mourning.
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