Three people have died and nine others injured in a shooting in the central Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday morning, police said.
The Utrecht police said a square at a tram station outside the city centre had been cordoned off as emergency services were at the scene.
Reports claim a man in a tram on the way to Utrecht CS pulled out a weapon and shot several people.
Counter-terrorism police are at the scene and officers have said they are considering the possibility of a ‘terrorist motive’.
Local reports in the Netherlands claim that there may have been shootings in other places.
The shooter is believed to have fled in a red car, however dumped the vehicle a short while later.
A manhunt is now underway. ‘Shooting incident… Several injured people reported. Assistance started,’ the Utrecht police Twitter account said.
‘It is a shooting incident in a tram. Several trauma helicopters have been deployed to provide help.’