Dutch police arrest 34 people after shooting in rural village


AMSTERDAM, Sept ⁠1 (Reuters) - Dutch police on Tuesday said ⁠34 suspects from several countries ‌were arrested after a shooting in which a man was killed and two police officers ​were wounded in the early ⁠hours.

The head of ⁠the regional police, Jolanda Aalbers, told ⁠reporters a "large ‌group" of masked men opened fire when police arrived ⁠at a house where suspicious activities ​had ‌been reported in Overasselt, a village ⁠in the ​east of the Netherlands.

Among those arrested were suspects from the Netherlands, Belgium, ⁠France and Algeria, regional prosecutors ​said.

Prosecutors said there were indications of a "long running" conflict, in which the same ⁠house had been shot at last year. Two people were convicted in that incident.

Police found a man with ​serious injuries who ⁠later died of his injuries.

Two police officers ​who were wounded ‌by the gunfire were ​taken to hospital, Aalbers said.

(Reporting by Bart Meijer;Editing by Alison Williams)

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