Terror threat level reduced after Utrecht shooter arrested


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  • Tuesday, 19 Mar 2019

Police officers are seen after a shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands, March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

UTRECHT (Reuters) - Dutch counter-terrorism authorities reduced the threat level for the central province of Utrecht by one notch on Monday evening after a suspected shooter was arrested.

The National Counter-Terrorism Agency "reduced the threat level for the province of Utrecht to level 4. Motive is the arrest of the main suspect of the shooting," it said.

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