Dutch prosecutors seek motive in Utrecht tram shooting


  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Mar 2019

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Grapperhaus place flowers at a makeshift memorial at the site of a tram shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors on Tuesday said they were investigating a possible "terrorist motive" behind the shooting on a tram in the city of Utrecht in which three people were killed and five wounded.

A Turkish-born man, 37-year-old Gokmen Tanis, was arrested after a seven-hour manhunt on Monday by security forces and remained in custody.

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