Three dead and one seriously wounded after mass shooting in The Netherlands
Three people have been killed and one other person has been seriously wounded in a shooting in The Netherlands.
Police spokesman Wim Hoonhout told The Associated Press that the shooting in a a residential neighborhood in the city of Dordrecht “seems like a family incident."
No further details of what happened Monday have been immediately released.
Photos from the scene showed a large police presence in the area and at least one ambulance parked in a street as people stood in the street looking on.
Bij het schietincident #Dordrecht #Heimerstein zijn drie dodelijke slachtoffers gevallen. Een persoon raakte zwaargewond. Nadere bijzonderheden volgen zo spoedig mogelijk. pic.twitter.com/uTvZv8SmW0
— Politie Rotterdam eo (@Politie_Rdam) September 9, 2019
Dordrecht Mayor Wouter Kolff tweeted that it was an "extremely serious shooting" and said he would visit the scene later in the evening.
Dutch publication De Telegraaf reported the incident was an alleged murder-suicide and the gunman was a policeman.
More to come.
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