One person died and three were injured in two shootings in the southwestern Dutch city of Rotterdam, police said on X, formerly Twitter. Two people were shot in a house, one in a university classroom not far away. Dutch police said a man had been arrested. He is a 32 year old.
The alarm was raised around 2.30pm. Sirens rang out throughout the city. A police helicopter hovered over the city for hours. The Telegraaf reports it. According to an initial reconstruction, the man opened fire in a house in Heiman Dullaertplein in the Delfshaven district and then started a fire. He then headed to the Erasmus Medical Center campus, about a kilometer away, where he started shooting in one of the classrooms. Finally he entered the hospital and started another fire there too. The man was carrying a gun and was wearing military clothing. The police believe that he acted alone and that there are no other suspects.